PROSE QUARTOS; 6 volumes
NY: Random House, 1930. First Edition. Octavo. Original coloured wrappers with paper labels to spines, top edges trimmed, others uncut. With the black publisher's slipcase with paper label to spine. (broken) Engraved title pages and headpieces, text printed on laid paper. Darkening to the spines of volumes, a very good set. First and limited edition, first printing, one of 875 copies. Item #57888
This set of short stories by six of the most popular American writers of the post-World War I era comprises "The American Country Fair" by Sherwood Anderson, "Feathers" by Carl Van Vechten, "The Litter of the Rose Leaves" by Stephen Vincent Benét, "Fine Furniture" by Theodore Dreiser, "Gehenna" by Conrad Aiken, and "Tabloid News" by Louis Bromfield. The fine press printer Paul Johnston designed and printed this edition at his press in Connecticut.
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