CANTELMAN’S SPRING-MATE" in The Little Review: A Magazine of the Arts SUPPRESSED OCTOBER 1917 ISSUE; [Precedes appearance in The Ideal Giant]

New York: Margaret Anderson, 1917. First edition. Volume IV, Number 6, containing the first appearance of "Cantelman's Spring-Mate," which was collected the following month in THE IDEAL GIANT. The story that LAUNCHED THE BATTLE BETWEEN THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE AND THE LITTLE REVIEW. Lewis’s tale of the seduction of a young girl by a disillusioned soldier awaiting deployment during WWI and of his disregard for having impregnated her was deemed obscene and the bulk of the issue was SEIZED BY THE NEW YORK POST OFFICE AND BURNED. Also includes contributions from editors Ezra Pound and Margaret Anderson; William Carlos Williams, Maxwell Bodenheim, Arthur Symons, (truncated) et al. Lewis's story, which appears on pages 8 – 14, is titled "Cantleman's Spring Mate" in the table of contents and "Cantelman's Spring-Mate" in title on p. 8; and the alternate spellins “Cantleman” and “Cantelman” are used interchangeably throughout the story. Approximately 6 x 9" stapled, magenta paperwraps; 42 pp. plus 6 pp. of ads. Expert repair to internal pages correcting a few small chips and tears; and the stapled text block -- from which the covers had detached – now laid into covers with expert repair to edges and spine fold. Housed in custom clamshell case. An extremely fragile production that is UNDERSTANDABLY RARE. (Inventory #: 71567)