first edition Hardcover
1940 · [NY
by CATHER, Willa, et al.
[NY: Plimpton Press], 1940. Hardcover. Fine/Good. First edition. Fine in the original, unprinted glassine dustwrapper in good condition, with the upper edges chipped and torn, in a near fine, lightly worn slipcase. Gravure frontispiece portrait of Knopf by Carl Van Vechten; book designed by Elmer Adler. A festschrift volume celebrating Knopf's first 25 years of publishing, with essays from H.L. Mencken, Carl Van Doren, Willa Cather, Thomas Mann, and others. (Inventory #: 71748)