Description: First edition, publisher's original blue cloth with orange lettering panels on the spine and upper cover lettered in blue and ruled in orange. 451 pp. Fine condition copy, tight, virtually no foxing, text block tight and crisp, spine is loosened but not badly, handled with care going forward would not be an issue. The cloth is dark and clean, the orange panels and lettering are complete and well preserved. FIRST EDITION OF THIS IMPORTANT AMERICAN NOVEL OF THE 20TH CENTURY. MAIN STREET is important for a number of reasons among them is the portrayal of a strong female protagonist, and what one might now call feminist themes by a male writer. MAIN STREET was initially awarded the 1921 Pulitzer Prize for literature, but was rejected by the Board of Trustees, who overturned the jury's decision. The prize went, instead, to Edith Wharton for The Age of Innocence. In 1926 Lewis refused the Pulitzer when he was awarded it for ARROWSMITH.
Price: 1500 USD
Location: Worcester, Massachusetts
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Author: Sinclair Lewis
