1951 · New York
by Malcolm Cowley
New York: The Viking Press, 1951. Very Good +/Good. New York: The Viking Press, 1951. First printing of revised and expanded edition. Octavo (22 cm); 322pp. Publisher's pictorial dust jacket with price intact ($3.50). Boards in navy cloth with blind and gilt stamping. Red top stain. Dust jacket scuffed, toned, rubbed, and lightly soiled with a water mark to back joint. Tear halfway up spine joint; verso toned significantly to spine and margins with color rubbed from board covers. Board corners and spine ends rubbed and bumped. Light soiling to back cover. Top stain faded and fore edge lightly soiled with likely ink transfer. Endsheets toned at margins and pages clean. A Very Good or better copy in a Good dust jacket.
Previous owner and elusive author Richard Thoma's illustrated and morbid bookplate to first pastedown. Signed by Cowley on typescript signature slip mounted to front free endpaper. A revised and updated version of the 1934 exploration of American literary expats of the 1920s with a new foreword and concluding chapter. (Inventory #: 31211)
Previous owner and elusive author Richard Thoma's illustrated and morbid bookplate to first pastedown. Signed by Cowley on typescript signature slip mounted to front free endpaper. A revised and updated version of the 1934 exploration of American literary expats of the 1920s with a new foreword and concluding chapter. (Inventory #: 31211)
