Selected Short Stories of Sinclair Lewis by Lewis, Sinclair - 1935

The Literary Guild, NY, 1935. 1st edition. Hardcover. Near Fine /Very Good. To the stories published since 1930 the author feels some relationship, but he reads the earlier stories with a skeptical eye. They are so optimistic, so laudatory... But I wonder if this American optimism, this hope and courage, so submerged now in 1935, are not authentic parts of American life... One of the things interesting to the author... is the discovery that he, who has been labeled a 'satirist' and a 'realist' is actually a romantic medievalist of the most incurable sort." [Introduction, SL] "The first collection of short stories by the only American winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature." [Publisher's banner, Dust Jacket] Owner name. The pages are yellowed but in Very Good condition. Tight binding; Cover has an attractive embossed design with a gold leafy branch in the center. Some very slight scuffing.The dust jacket shows general wear on the extremities with some chipping and paper loss to upper edges and spine. There is a protective mylar cover. 1ST EDITION.