Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Lewis, Sinclair. OUR MR. WREN. Harper & Brothers, N.Y., 1914.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 254pp. Frontis. A series of tales about a "domestic-minded barnacle" of a man. Front hinge has been repaired. Small stain on front cover.
Seller: Austin Book Shop LLC, Richmond Hill, NY, U.S.A.
Sinclair Lewis. Our Mr. Wrenn. Harper & Brothers, NY - London, 1914.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 254 pp, B/w frontis, the book is x-library with the following markings: bookplate on the front free endpaper, library stamp on the third front free endpaper, glue remnants of the pocket and due slip on the rear endpapers, the rear inside hinge is cracked, but tight, the covers are tight and have light soil and some extremity rubbing.
Seller: Yesterday's Books, Richmond, IN, U.S.A.
LEWIS, SINCLAIR. OUR MR. WRENN The Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man. HARPER BROS., NY, 1914.
Price: US$49.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Early 1st ( c-o ) Edges are bumped.
Seller: Gian Luigi Fine Books, albany, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: 254 pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth. Later printing. Slight use to the cloth at the spine; a nice copy.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: 254 pp. 8vo, publisher's gray gilt cloth. First edition. A very good copy with some fraying to the cloth at extremities; spine soiled; cocked.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Our Mr. Wren: The Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man. Harper & Brothers, NY, 1914.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Nice neat copy in rebinding with library name at heel of spine. Pocket removed from front board, date sheet from FFEP, discard stamp ditto. Interior clean and firm.
Seller: ProPen, Arcata, CA, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Our Mr. Wrenn: The Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man. Harper NY 1914, 1914.
Price: US$115.00 + shipping
Description: 254pp. 8vo Tan cloth Later printing of 1st edition with "c-o" on copyright page Spine ends lightly chipped, covers lightly soiled: VG/no dj
Seller: Bear Bookshop, John Greenberg, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Our Mr. Wrenn. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1914.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 12mo. 254pp. First Edition. Very good book, no dust jacket. Taupe cloth covered boards, front panel has blind-stamped border and with gilt-stamped lettering and stylized heart illustration; gilt lettering on spine. Edges at head and tail of board spine are chipped and fraying. Board panels are lightly soiled and with a few small stains. Fore-edge corner tips are barely rubbed through. Page edges are age-darkened, side edges have several small stains. Previous owner's name on front paste down. Pencil erasure marks on FFEP. Tissue-guard of frontispiece has been outlined and penciled in. Gutter is cracked at pp. 4-5 and 68-69 and back inside hinge is partially cracked, causing text block to be shaken. Stains to side margins on pp. 38-43, most prevalent on pages 39&40. Back paste-down has paper/tape remnants and inked numbers in the upper left corner. Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition descriptions. Additional photos available at your request.
Seller: R & G Bliss Books, Excelsior, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 'Published February, 1914' on copyright page. Spine lettering rubbed off. Some rubbing to edges, corners bumped. M-N on copyright page.
Seller: Manchester By The Book, Manchester-By-the-Sea, MA, U.S.A.
Sinclair Lewis. Our Mr. Wrenn. Harper & Brothers, 1914.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Lacking dj. Cover is near fine with slight rubbing on the extremities. Pages are lightly tanned and clean.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Our Mr. Wrenn. Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1914.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall (small). Slight sunning and fading to spine; slight stains, rubbing and browning to covers (cloth; chiefly to edges); previous owners' ink and pencil names and inscriptions (front free endpaper and blank leaf at rear); slight internal browning to edges and endpapers. [8], 253, [1] pages. Later issue of the author's second book, concerning the adventures of a New York City bachelor businessman. Originally published by Harper & Brothers in December of 1913 (with 1914 imprint; see Johnson/Blanck, page 287); this copy has 1914 copyright date and Harper code 'C-O' (i.e. March, 1914) on title page verso. Exceptionally scarce in any edition, issue and/or condition; still a fairly tight copy internally.
Seller: Arundel Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
LEWIS, Sinclair.. Our Mr. Wrenn.. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1914.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: 254 pp. 8vo, publisher's decorated cloth (lacking jacket). First edition, with M-N on copyright page. Puncture (hole closed) to rear board and the final 12 leaves dented; otherwise a very good copy with a little use to the extremities of the spine.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$195.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1st ed., 1st printing of author's first book under his own name, "M-N" on copyright page, shelfwear, light age toning, facsimile dj in very good condition in mylar.
Seller: The Book Cellar, Deerfield Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Our Mr. Wrenn The Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man. Harper & Brothers, 1914.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Harper, 1914 "Published February, 1914 M-N" (first printing). Author's first published novel, second book. Grey ribbed cloth with gilt board, and spine. Very light rubbing to spine ends. A very nice copy. No former owner names. Collector's copy. "Dinkytown Antiquarian Bookstore Minneapolis" bookmark in rear. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Seller: Book House in Dinkytown, IOBA, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Our Mr. Wrenn: The Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man. Harper & Brothers, 1914.
Price: US$406.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Lacks scarce jacket. Rear hinge starting. 1914 Hard Cover. 253, [1] pp. Lewis was the first American author to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. A little New York clerk, full of dreams of travel, goes to London on a cattle steamer, has experiences with bohemianisms of a sort and returns joyfully to New York to find his real romance. Told with a true understanding and humour.
Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
LEWIS, Sinclair. Our Mr. Wrenn. Harper and Brothers, New York, 1914.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first issue ("M-N"). Noted author and collector Barton Currie's copy with his bookplate on the front pastedown, a little foxing on the foredge, very near fine, lacking the rare dustwrapper. The author's second book, and the first book published under his own name.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Our Mr. Wrenn. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1914.
Price: US$495.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 254 pages. "Published February, 1914" & "M-N" on back of title page. The 1st book published under his own name. Near fine book with only flaw a faint red stain (1/2") on the bottom of the back cover. No dust jacket. A very nice copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Our Mr. Wrenn. Harpers, 1914.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The first edition, published by Harpers in February of 1914. With the ' M-N code to the copyright page. An uncommonly attractive copy. Near fine with a touch of wear to the lower tips and the base of the spine.Toning to spine. Facsimile dust jacket provided. A difficult book to find in such attractive condition.
Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$525.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Printing. A solid Near Fine copy in dull grey-green vertically ribbed cloth, stamped in gilt at spine and on front cover with blank margin rule and decoration. Binding sound. No cracking or dog-ears or foxing. Spine gilt slightly dulled. Spine ends slightly rubbed. 254pp. Frontispiece illustration with glassine guard. Lewis's first book under his own name. Nobel Prize winner. Q16695
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Gray cloth covers have gilt text and decoration. Boards show some age, marks, edgewear. Corners are bumped and frayed. See photos for details of condition. Spine has gilt text and is darkened, with crushed, frayed ends. See photos. Binding is secure. Some signs of separation at opening pages 114-115. See photos. Pastedowns and feps show some light toning, handling. Frontispiece is present and has intact tissue guard. One illustration, an ink line drawing, at page 207. Interior is gently age-toned. Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks.** PS2023.0119** 254 pages. 5 x 7.25 inches** Advance copy (stamped as such on the title page) of Sinclair Lewis' first serious novel. Set in New York City in the early years of the 20th century, Our Mr. Wrenn chronicles the life of a young office clerk.** "Advance Copy - Not Published" stamped above title on title page.** "Postage for oversized and international shipping will be calculated by size and weight. AbeBooks shipping quotes are ESTIMATES only. Seller Inventory #009602"**
Seller: Panoply Books, Lambertville, NJ, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Our Mr. Wrenn The Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man. Harper & Brothers, 1914.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Harper, 1914 "Published February, 1914 M-N" (1st printing/true first edition). This copy is bound in tan paper over boards, with a very light pencil note on the front endpaper "Advance binding". RARE. From a personal collection. Small slip of paper at front edge of front endpaper "Ex Libris Chas. J. Stahlberg 109 A-47". 3/4 inch chip at head, through title panel. Else good. Author's first published novel, second book. In archival acetate jacket. "Dinkytown Antiquarian Bookstore Minneapolis" bookmark in rear. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Seller: Book House in Dinkytown, IOBA, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
LEWIS, Sinclair.. Our Mr. Wrenn.. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1914.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: 254 pp. 8vo, publisher's decorated cloth (lacking jacket). First edition, with M-N on copyright page. The gold lettering on the spine is slightly dulled; slightest of rubbing at corners; tight and sound. The inscription page is fine. Inscribed, "with the regards of the writer, Sinclair Lewis" on the front free endpaper.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Frontispiece. 1 vols. 8vo. Second Book Inscribed. Inscribed twice by Lewis to Mary Vorse O'Brien and Joseph O'Brien, the first signed only with initials, the other with an inscription "To Joe, & to Mary, (who used to make me 'write some more Mr. Wrenn') from their friend & adorer, Sinclair Lewis" Mary Vorse wrote "The Prestons", "Passaic", "Second Cabin" and "Strike." She spent most of her life in Provincetown. A very nice association copy of his second book. Merle Johnson p 311 Original grey cloth gilt, rubbed, some browning and spotting of text, generally light, in custom clamshell box
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Our Mr. Wrenn. Harper & Bros., 1914.
Price: US$1800.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 12mo. Tan cl., gilt lettering, design, v. sl. wear to corners, edges of backstr. Frontis. w/ tissue overlay. 254pp. Stamped ADVANCED COPY--NOT PUBLISHED. on TP, FIRST PRINTING RUN CODE M-N on copyright pag. Author's second published book and first under his own name.
Seller: Cragsmoor Books, Cragsmoor, NY, U.S.A.
LEWIS, Sinclair.. Our Mr. Wrenn.. Harper and Brothers, New York, 1914.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Description: 254 pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth (lacking the rare dust jacket). First edition, with "M-N" on the verso of the title page. "Advanced Copy--Not Published" stamped at head of title page. Top edge a little soiled; but a bright, fresh copy. Inscribed on the front free endpaper by Sinclair Lewis in 1915, with the bookplate of recipient on pastedown.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Our Mr. Wrenn. Harper and Brothers, 1914.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing with the M-N code printed on the copyright page. A magnificent copy. The book is bound in the publisher's cloth and is in excellent condition. The binding is tight, and the pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A superb copy of this true first edition with a facsimile dustjacket from the original. We buy Sinclair Lewis First Editions in dustjacket.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Price: US$5000.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition, First Issue with 'M-N' code at copyright page (and with 'advance copy - not published' stamped at title page). Author's second published book and first under his own name. Extremely uncommon in original illustrated dustjacket. Mr. Wrenn, an employee of a novelty company quits his job after inheriting a fortune from his father. "His romantic gipsying through England with a wonderful woman, his life with unusual people in New York is told in chapters filled with sympathetically humorous incidents". A contemporary review stated: "The tired business man will find just the right antidote for weariness in 'Our Mr. Wrenn'". Very Good, bit of rubbing at spine ends and corners, hint of small stain at lower front cover, in Very Good dustjacket, shallow loss at spine ends and flap corners, few closed tears.
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Our Mr. Wrenn. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1914.
Price: US$7500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 254 pages. First edition, first printing. "Published February, 1914" & "M-N" on back of title page. The 1st book published under his own name. Near fine book with very slight rubbing to the corners in a near fine dust jacket with light wear to the corners. A beautiful copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$7500.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition, First Issue with 'M-N' code at copyright page. Author's second published book and first under his own name. Extremely uncommon in original illustrated dustjacket. Mr. Wrenn, an employee of a novelty company quits his job after inheriting a fortune from his father. "His romantic gipsying through England with a wonderful woman, his life with unusual people in New York is told in chapters filled with sympathetically humorous incidents". A contemporary review stated: "The tired business man will find just the right antidote for weariness in 'Our Mr. Wrenn'". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, shallow loss at spine ends and flap corners, few closed tears and edge nicks.
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.