Search Results: Authors starting with L from Bliss Books

Main Street. The Story of Carol Kennicott by Sinclair Lewis. Published by Harcourt, Brace and Howe, New York, 1921. Sm8vo. 7 5/8" by 5 3/8". Fourteenth Printing. Inscribed and with drawing by the author on the FFEP. Very good minus book, no dust jacket. Professionally repaired as to spine with original laid-on, and board edges stabilized. Navy blue cloth covered boards with orange back label, orange lettering and orange border on front panel; orange back label and lettering on spine. Boards are scuffed. Spine is sunned. External page edges are age-darkened and faintly foxed. Damp stain on the verso to the last text page (451) and the facing verso to the back free end-paper; also faintly on page 451 - see photos. Text pages are age-toned. Text block is sound. Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition descriptions. Additional photos available at your request.

Reprint published by The Sun Dial Press, Inc., Garden City, New York, 1935. 8vo. 8 3/8" by 6". 458pp. Very good plus book in very good minus dust jacket. Inscribed by the author on the front paste down "In mem. Prodigal Parents" and FFEP "To Frances Whiting from a humble reader of this noble volume, Sinclair Lewis, Stockbridge May 20, 1937." Dark navy cloth covered boards with blind-stamped design on front panel, gilt-stamped lettering and publisher's logo on spine. Upper page edges are blue-tinted. Boards are clean, lettering is clear. Upper edge at head of spine is faintly sunned and back corner has small bump. Side and lower page edges are age-toned, as are text pages. Shadow transfers on end-papers and pp. 54-55. Internally clean and with snug text block.
Dust jacket spine and fore-edges are sunned. All folds are creased and gilt-coating is chipping off. Edges at head and tail of jacket spine are chipped and rubbed and with several small closed vertical tears; front corner at head of spine has… Read More

8vo. 8 1/8" by 5 1/2". Very good book in very good plus dust jacket. First Edition. Signed by the author on the FFEP. In oatmeal cloth covered boards with "SL" monogram gilt-stamped on the front cover, gilt-stamped lettering against red background and gilt graphics on spine. Upper external page edges are tinted but faded. Board spine and extremities are lightly sunned. Fore-edge corners are minimally curled. External page edges are age-toned. Shadow transfers and faint foxing to end papers. Back paste down has small red-pencilled date "May '43". Text pages are age-toned, else internally clean. Text block is sound.
Dust jacket spine is sunned. Fore-edge folds are creased and scuffed but not rubbed through except at the fore-edge corners. Small chips along edges at head and tail of jacket spine; front corner at head of spine has a 1/2" closed vertical tear along the fold. Upper right fore-edge corner of front panel is rubbed and with several chips and 1 3/8" closed vertical tear along the fold. Not… Read More