1951 World So Wide by Sinclair Lewis First Edition, First Printing Random House with Original Dust Jacket black americana that is sure to be

that is sure to be noticed

The original owner added a button and buttonhole in order to secure the smoking jacket closed  even though there is a belt

this Regency fashion print represents the height of Empire-line fashion and genteel English taste

creating the impression of drifting evening sky

1951 World So Wide by Sinclair Lewis First Edition, First Printing Random House with Original Dust Jacket black americana that is sure to beA desirable first edition, first printing of World So Wide, the final novel published during the lifetime of Sinclair Lewis, the first American author to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. Published by Random House, New York, in 1951, this copy is correctly stated "First Printing" on the copyright page. The novel follows architect Hayden Chart as he leaves America for Italy following personal tragedy, weaving together themes of love, culture,