Writers Take Sides: Letters about the War in Spain from 418 American Authors

New York: League of American Writers, 1938. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Foreword by the editorial committee. Small octavo. 82 [3] pp. Printed wrappers a bit toned with rubbing along the spine, top corner a little bumped, staples a little rusted, very good. A telegram from Hemingway, Vincent Sheean and Louis Fisher precedes the letters, and was sent to American writers, this book represents the responses. Among the letter writers are Hemingway again, Dashiell Hammett, Langston Hughes, William Faulkner, John Steinbeck, James Weldon Johnson, Sherwood Anderson and Countee Cullen, along with hundreds more. Although not signed by him, this was Malcolm Cowley's copy with a few notes in his hand; including the tally of responses handwritten on the titlepage: "414 answered, 406 for; 7 neutral, 1 against." A nice copy. (Inventory #: 591973)