Sinclair Lewis
130 copies for sale · $25–$15,000 · 44 first editions · 10 signed
Notable copies for sale
Arrowsmith (first edition, signed) — Bauman Rare Books$14,000
Elmer Gantry Signed (first edition, signed) — Whitmore Rare Books$2,500
Main Street Presentation Copy (first edition, signed) — Whitmore Rare Books$1,500
Gideon Planish (first edition, signed) — B Street Books$150
Babbitt (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$6,500
ELMER GANTRY (first edition, signed) — Type Punch Matrix$3,200
Dodsworth (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$2,800
Main Street. The Story of Carol Kennicott (first edition) — James Cummins Bookseller$400
John Dos Passos' Manhattan transfer (first edition) — Rulon-Miller Books$225
Cosmopolitan January 1944 (first edition) — Good Books in the Woods$170
Cosmopolitan July 1943 (first edition) — Good Books in the Woods$150
It Can't Happen Here (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$3,500
Works on the market
MAIN STREET12 copies · $30–$1,497
BABBITT9 copies · $35–$448
ELMER GANTRY6 copies · $145–$15,000
ELMER GANTRY6 copies · $46–$1,200
DODSWORTH6 copies · $43–$850
THE PRODIGAL PARENTS4 copies · $40–$1,500
BABBITT; Easton Press3 copies · $273–$298
MAIN STREET; The First Edition Library - FEL3 copies · $175–$273
MAIN STREET; Franklin Library3 copies · $123–$173
GIDEON PLANISH3 copies · $25–$128
BETHEL MERRIDAY3 copies · $46–$100
Arrowsmith2 copies · $9,500–$14,000
DODSWORTH2 copies · $650–$10,500
Babbitt2 copies · $2,500–$6,500
It Can't Happen Here2 copies · $600–$3,500
Dodsworth2 copies · $300–$2,800
The Man Who Knew Coolidge2 copies · $850–$1,250
MAIN STREET;: THE STORY OF CAROL KENNICOTT, By Sinclair Lewis - Hardcover2 copies · $157–$600
MAIN STREET. The Story of Carol Kennicott2 copies · $125–$400
BABBITT; The First Edition Library - FEL2 copies · $173–$273
Market context
26 copies of Sinclair Lewis's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $113 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
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