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1925. First Edition . Signed. LEWIS, Sinclair. Arrowsmith. New York: Harcourt, Brace, (1925). Octavo, original buckram spine, blue paper boards, original printed paper label, top edge gilt, uncut. $14,000.Signed limited first edition of what many consider Lewis' greatest novel, number 1 of only 500 large-paper copies signed by him. An excellent association copy, owned by Ellen Knowles Eayrs-Harcourt, wife of Lewis' publisher Alfred Harcourt, who in a page and a half inscription describes advancing Lewis and his friend, science writer Paul de Kruif, $1000 from her personal account for de Kruif to get married before the two men set out for a year-long trip to research the book that would become Arrowsmith, with the check she made out to de Kruif endorsed on the verso by both Lewis and de Kruif tipped to the front pastedown.""Using for his theme the losing fight made by two men with whom scientific truth is religion, Mr. Lewis draws a picture for us that is disquieting in its… Read More

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1925. First Trade Edition. First edition with "Second printing [first trade edition]" stated on the copyright page. Exceptionally rare original first issue dust jacket with the $2.00 price present on the front flap. Measures approximately 7.5" x 5", with 448 numbered pages. The book is in near fine condition. Very minor wear to the edges. Previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown. Interior pages are bright and well preserved. The dust jacket is in very good plus condition. Minor edgewear and chipping to the spine ends. Small closed tears to the top and bottom edges of the front and rear panels. Numerous old and unnecessary tape repairs to the verso of the dust jacket, not visible under mylar. "Arrowsmith" by Sinclair Lewis deals with the culture of science in a fictional setting. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory# (N12-72).

New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1925. First Edition. One of 500 numbered and signed copies; a nearly fine copy in a custom quarter-morocco slipcase. Presentation copy; inscribed by the author, “To Ronald Colman who to me is Martin Arrowsmith/ Sinclair Lewis/ Beverly Hills/ April 12, 1939.” Colman played the title role in John Ford’s 1931 motion picture, which also starred Helen Hayes and Myrna Loy.

New York: Harcourt Brace. Near Fine. 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed limited edition, #342/500. This copy was signed twice--once to the colophon page and once to the ffep in an inscription to Harvey Taylor, who was an agent, book scout, and possibly con man who contributed a faulty bibliography of Lewis included in a biographical sketch of Lewis by Carl Van Doren. Bookplate to front pastedown, inner hinges cracking/mesh showing at front eps. Acetate DJ, wrinkled on front panel, and lightly rubbed black slipcase included. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author .

New York: Harcourt, Brace And Company, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. publisher's beige nubby cloth and slate blue boards. Teg. Fine in worn slipcase. 448 pages. 23 x 15.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 380 of 500 signed by Lewis: becoming the first American awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. H.L. Mencken called him "a red-haired tornado from the Minnesota wilds." This title discusses the travail faced of an idealistic physician. His literary reputation waned at the end of his career and was renewed in the early twentieth century -- primarily for his dystopian satire, "It Can't Happen Here," an appropriate parallel to the rise of Donald Trump. Crisp copy, small nicks to left side of spine paper label.

New York: Harcourt, Brace And Company, [1925]. First Edition, one of 500 numbered copies, signed by the Author. Lewis was awarded the Pulitzer prize for fiction for this novel in 1926, but refused to accept it. In 1930 he became the first American to be awarded the Nobel prize for literature. 8vo. pp. 3 p.l., 448. with half-title. contemporary half morocco, t.e.g., others uncut (modest wear to joints & extremities, spine faded, internally fine)

One of 6.000 copies printed.
Sinclair Lewis became the first writer from the United States of America to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature (1930). The novel "Arrowsmith" was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1926.
The novel was translated to Russian by Mikhail Pavlovich Chekhov, the younger brother of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. The only translation edition.
Levidova 312. Very rare.
We couldn't trace any copy in OCLC.

NY: Harcourt, Brace, (1925). First edition, signed issue.. Gray-blue paper boards, cream cloth spine with printed paper label. Top edge gilt. Title page printed in red & black. A nice clean copy, about fine, in a worn and repaired slipcase which is missing the top. The printed spine label is yellowed and has some discoloration, BUT the extra spine label is still tipped-in at the rear, and it is in as-new condition. Limited to 500 signed and numbered copies, this is #11. Arrowsmith was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, which Lewis declined to accept.

Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Signed. First trade printing after a signed limited edition of 500 copies. Tipped in before the title page is an autographed note (a bit smaller than the page size) "To Ortho Ball, perhaps the most charming doctor I've ever known. This diatribe on doctors" dated and SIGNED by Sinclair Lewis. The volume has bumped corners, softened spine ends, some front panel soiling, a lightly toned spine with the spine orange a shade less intense than the front panel, and an uneven application of glue which has created a relief indentaion on the spine. The interior has gentle page toning and a small bookseller's label on the base of the rear pastedown.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1925. Hardcover. Stated First Trade Edition, First Printing. 5 x 7.5in. 448pp. Publisher's cloth boards. A review or publisher archival copy with the Harcourt, Brace and Co. "To Be Published" stamp on the front endpaper. VERY GOOD. Shows marginal shelf rubbing of the extremities, spine lightly tanned, handsome former owner bookplate at the front paste-down, endpapers lightly toned, back hinge neatly repaired, otherwise the binding is strong and tight, the text is clean and unmarked, and the boards remain bright and distinct. As pictured.

1925. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1925]. Original dark blue cloth lettered in orange. First Trade Edition, preceded only by a 500-copy limited edition. This was the third of Lewis's great novels of the decade, after MAIN STREET and BABBITT and before ELMER GANTRY and DODSWORTH. ARROWSMITH won the Pulitzer Prize, but Lewis declined the award. This is the tale of Martin Arrowsmith, medical doctor, who settles first in Wheatsylvania, South Dakota, next in Nautilus, Iowa, then in Chicago, and finally at a research clinic in New York City -- "hoping to find in altruistic research the relief he desires from publicity-seeking and money-grabbing commercial medicine" [OCAL]. But he falls out of favor when he administers his cure for a plague indiscriminately, in order to save lives, thus ruining the results of the experiment -- and ultimately winds up back in rural America, this time in Vermont. This copy is in very good condition (the usual fading of the spine, minor edge-wear, slight cracking… Read More

New York: Grosset & Dunlap. 1925. Hardcover. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Light chipping at spine crown .

New York: Grosset Dunlap Mix state book, copyright page list as 7th printing, August-1925, but has the 1931 dustjacket with a movie tie-in, art deco jacket,DJ has chips and tears but is now protected with mylar, still very colorful front, with a picture of Mr. Lewis on the back panel with a summary of titles/still 97% complete, the biggest chips take out the A and most of the MITH of arrowsmith on the top spine. BOOK: is blue cloth with red block/lettering, very tight, square and no wear I can see, top edge stained orange. and the other page ends are very clean, former owners' names on the inside cover. . Hard Cover. very good or better/Good+.

New York:: Grosset & Dunlap,, [1925].. Seventh printing.. original blue cloth printed in red, in dust jacket.. A bright, near fine copy in a very nice jacket with a few tiny chips. . 8vo,.

New York, NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1925. Very Good/Very Good . Motion Picture edition, stated "7th printing 1925. "Illustrated with scenes from the Samuel Goldwyn Production", starring Ronald Colman and Helen Hayes. Near fine in bright. Very good+ unclipped dust jacket with small closed tears (two small pieces of tape at heel on back of jacket), near fine. No former owner marks. An exceptional copy. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1925. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Early reprint. Small octavo. Dark blue cloth stamped in orange. Lightly toned pages, small scuff marks at the bottom of front board, about near fine in a very good dust jacket with rubbing, tiny nicks and tears, and heavy chipping on the rear panel. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize (which Lewis refused) and probably the book most influential in his winning the Nobel Prize (the first American author so honored). Also the basis for the 1931 film directed by John Ford, starring Ronald Colman.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1925. This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of the Second Printing, the First Trade Edition (January, 1925), issued after a Limited Edition of 500 copies (all stated). Dark blue cloth binding, with ruling and titling in orange. Clean text; 448 pages. Spine is slightly darkened, a tiny bit of wear at the tips, and the front cover is cracked but holding. No dustjacket; in an archival plastic protector.. First Trade. Hard Cover. Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Early first edition, second printing, following the publication of the first 500 copies on handmade paper. Cover bright and clean, with moderate wear to spine area. Pages clean. Binding tight. No dust jacket.

New York: Modern Library. 1925. Modern Library Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ clipped dust jacket. All 4 flap corners clipped, price remains. Light chipping at spine crown. .

New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1925. Stated Second Printing. Hardcover. Good. Stated Second Printing (first trade edition,) January 1925. Blue buckram with red lettering and accents. Boards frayed at spine ends with bumping to corners and some general dulling and smudging to surface. 448pp. Pages can include limited notes, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions.