1925 · Chicago
by Beach, Joseph Warren
Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 1925. Gilt cloth. Minor damp dulling to a couple of patches of the boards along the edges, otherwise very good in worn pictorial dust jacket with a few short tears and an old, long tape mend along the upper joint. First edition of this nonfiction work by the poet/novelist/critic. According to the jacket copy, "Meek Americans is a 1925 Innocents Abroad recounting the adventures that befell Mr. Beach on a literary and artistic pilgrimage to European shrines. Picturesque characters, scenes, and incidents of travel in Italy and France." (Inventory #: WRCLIT73401)