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Published by Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1934
Seller: Librarium, East Chatham, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover, Very Good, First Edition, (VG/no dj), Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York, 1934, First Edition, (VG/no dj), 359 pages, foreword, 6 in. x 8.75 in., hardcover, brown cloth with black titles and decorations, corners and spine ends slightly bumped and worn, minor soil to front cover, no dust jacket, former owner brief pencil date on front free-endpaper, pages mildly age-toned, otherwise contents clean and tight, book: Very Good (VG/no dj) 5261 [Os0221EC0].
Publication Date: 1932
Seller: Clayton Fine Books, Shepherdstown, WV, U.S.A.
First Edition
No Binding. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 12 good to near fine 4-page newspapers. No wrinkling, no creases, no foxing. Only flaw, besides yellowing of paper, is split at fold to one-half of 1 of 4 pages in five issues. The editors and other successful American authors write timely articles on literary topics, such as "The American Novel" by Dreiser in Issue 1. There is also frequent commentary on social and political issues as in Sherwood Anderson's letter to Theodore Dreiser offering his estimate of the Depression's affect on the young in the West who are starving for new leadership to give them meaningful work. Writers give analysis of the works of other authors, such as "A Guess at George Ade" by Booth Tarkington (Issue 3). Each issue contains meaty content on subjects both literary and non-literary -- all related to the turbulent American culture of the1930s.
Published by American Spectator Inc., NY, 1932
Seller: The Wild Muse, Granville, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st. Consecutive run of the first 21 issues of The American Spectator, Volume 1, number 1 (November, 1932) through Volume 2, number 21 (July, 1934). 15 of the 21 issues have original wraparound bands. Each issue is one or more 22 1/2" x 35" sheet, printed 2 sides and folded to 16 pages. Published by Richard R. Smith and edited by George Jean Nathan, Ernest Boyd, Theodore Dreiser, James Branch Cabell, and Eugene O'Neill. Articles include: Havelock Ellis - The Physician and Sex; Frank Swinnerton - English and American Publishers; Theodore Dreiser - The Great American Novel; Sean O'casey - Laurel Leaves and Silver Trumpets; Eugene O'Neill - Second Thoughts; Sherwood Anderson - To Remember; The Line-Up; Branch Cabell - Lament for Falstaff; Aldous Huxley - Alypius in a Brown Shirt; John Dos Passos - The Persian Merchant and the Red Army Soldier; Notes on the Back of a Passport; Mildred Cram - Author in Hollywood. Editorials include Nazi Germany and Hollywood. Toning to the paper, tenderness at some folds, one issue has old repair along the horizontal fold. Overall very good. Size: Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall.
Published by American Spectator Inc., 1932-1936, New York, 1932
Seller: Clayton Fine Books, Shepherdstown, WV, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine / Fine. First Edition. A complete run of 37 issues of The American Spectator. All of these issues are in fine/near fine condition with occasional small flaws. The final issue, January, 1936, has the most wear and this is wear along the spine. All of these issues are housed in a specially made clamshell box for storage and protection. Contains work by a variety of major authors. A difficult set to duplicate.