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Lot 489

[LEWIS, Sinclair (1885?1951)]. NORTH, Sterling and Carl KRO...

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[LEWIS, Sinclair (1885?1951)]. NORTH, Sterling and Carl KROCH, editors. So Red the Nose, or Breath in the Afternoon. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, [1935]. 8vo. Illustrated by Roy C. Nelson. Original pictorial purple cloth; original unclipped dust jacket (light edgewear). FIRST EDITION, WITH A TLS FROM SINCLAIR LEWIS TO STERLING NORTH, on 26 October 1935: ?Dear Sterling: I wish I could contribute to your book but the only cocktail I know anything about is the dry martini. I hope to see you in Chicago soon. Yours Sincerely, Sinclair Lewis?.