Books and the man
first edition
1929 · New York
by WINTERICH, JOHN T.
New York: Greenberg, 1929. First edition, 8vo, pp. xiv, [2], 374; 15 plates and many other illustrations in the text; original blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine; cloth cracked for 4" along rear joint, otherwise very good. This copy inscribed "To Rose Cour with all good wishes from the author, who likes the Phelps paper best - John T. Winterich." Twenty essays on authors and the books that made them famous: Walt Whitman and Leaves of Grass, Oliver Goldsmith and the Vicar of Wakefield, etc. (Inventory #: 32079)