signed first edition Hardcover
1926 · New York
by ALLEN, Hervey
New York: George H. Doran, 1926. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Two volumes. Small tears at the spine ends, some scuffing and modest stains on the front board of Volume One, a good set lacking the dustwrappers. Intriguingly Inscribed by the author: "Cordially Inscribed for Dr. Jerome Salinger by the author. Hervey Allen. Poughkeepsie, N.Y. April 2, 1927." We cannot identify the recipient other than to speculate that he might have been a relative of another New York-dwelling Jerome Salinger (better known as J.D. Salinger) who was decidedly not a doctor, and indeed would have only been eight years old at the time. (Inventory #: 71491)