[Rarebooks] FS: Sinclair Lewis Main Street Illustrated and Signed by Grant Wood

[Charles Agvent]

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acquired an extraordinary grouping of material that needs to be processed.

LEWIS, Sinclair. MAIN STREET. Chicago: Limited Editions Club 1937.
Small  quarto  (7-1/2"  x 10") bound in flexible gray linen  with  the
spine  lettered in blue on a yellow field and the front cover lettered
in  blue  on a tan field. Designed by William Kittredge;  printed  and
bound  at  the Lakeside Press. With a new introduction by the  author.
Illustrated  with  nine  tinted plates after drawings by  Grant  Wood.
Copy  #1451  of  1500  SIGNED  by the artist  on  the  colophon.  Some
darkening  to  the  spine; evidence of bookplate  removal  from  front
pastedown.  Slipcase  with short repaired splits and the  spine  label
taped  down along the edges with slight loss at the lower left corner.
Still Near Fine in about Very Good slipcase.                   $500.00

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