Literature in the Making
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1917. First Edition. Hardcover. A Near Fine copy of the first edition, first printing (showing rubbing to the spine ends and leading board corners) in a Very Good example of the QUITE SCARCE DUST JACKET (showing some rubbing, some tearing and some modest loss to the corners and to the spine panel ends). The copyright page states that this copy was published in April, 1917 bears the letters D-R, showing this copy to be the first edition, first printing. This copy wears the QUITE SCARCE first edition dust jacket (showing some loss to the top and bottom portion of the spine panel and adjacent front and rear panel joining edges, chips to the rear pane's bottom edge, and some other minor chipping). The front free endpaper's recto bears a dated gift note. In the book, notable writers, including, but not limted to William Dean Howells, Booth Tarkington, James Lane Allen, John Burroughs, Ellen Glasgow, Amy Lowell, and other notable American writers discuss the then-present tendencies in Literature. The Dust Jacket is QUITE SCARCE and we have seen only one other copy in the dust jacket. SCARCE INDEED. Near fine / very good. Item #3618
Price: $325.00