Enjoyment of Living [Inscribed with TLS]
by [RADICAL & PROLETARIAN LITERATURE] EASTMAN, Max
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1948. First Edition. Octavo (24cm.); cloth boards; dustjacket; 603pp; illus. Clean, Very Good copy of the first edition, in lightly worn, unclipped dustjacket, Very Good or better. Inscribed by Eastman to his college roommate Ralph Erskine: "For Ralph, my poet-brother, from Max," dated in year of publication. Also laid in is a TLS on Eastman's letterhead to Ralph [Erskine] in Tryon, North Carolina, thanking him for a visit and recalling a conversation: "...it is good news that I persuaded you to be more chary of using the words that divide society into gangs...I felt the warm glow I used to when I was a kid going around reforming everybody...
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11989
- Title
- Enjoyment of Living [Inscribed with TLS]
- Author
- [RADICAL & PROLETARIAN LITERATURE] EASTMAN, Max
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- L&R2022
- Bookseller catalogs
- Socialism; Bohemianism;
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Cloth
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- Inscribed
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