Dark Laughter

New York: Boni & Liveright, 1925. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Signed by author. Limited edition, #50 of 350 copies. Hand-numbered and signed by author on limitation page. Lacks publisher's slipcase. Spine toned, a few minor scuffs to boards. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 1925 Hard Cover. 319 pp. Quarter vellum, black paper over boards, author name in red on front board, black titles and double rules on spine. The only bestseller by the author of Winesburg, Ohio, which informed the writing careers of William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and others. Inspired by Anderson's time in Cuba with the U.S. Army, life in 1920s New Orleans, work in manufacturing and advertising, and experiences in small-town American midwest.