Work of art / Sinclair Lewis.
Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951)
Category
Books
Date
1934
Materials
Place of origin
New York
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3251853
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8], 452, [4] p. ; 21 cm. Pencil note on front pastedown: "250 IP". Provenance: Manuscript inscription on front free endpaper to "Cara" from "Kirby", 1934, sending her the book and wishing her a good voyage and health and happiness in 1934 [i.e. to Cara Leland Rogers, Lady Fairhaven (1867-1939)]. Binding: Twentieth-century full publisher's blue cloth; two set of six blind fillets to form a panel design on upper board; gilt stamped centrepiece on upper board: leaf of corn; blind fillets and gilt lettering on spine.
Makers and roles
Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951), author