Condition leaves a little to be desired, but the spine of this copy of Sinclair Lewis’ Main Street and the matching details on the jacket mark it out as a 1920 first, published by Harcourt, Brace & Howe of New York.
The jacket is in fact a second issue example, but the first issue jacket – without reference to the early reviews of the book – is virtually unknown, stated Swann (25/20/12% buyer’s premium), who in a May 16 sale sold it for a record $5000 (£3875).