The Private Life of Helen of Troy

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1925. 8vo. 304pp. Original red-lettered black cloth; printed dust jacket Jacket with a chip along rear flap joint, and chip to rear panel lower right. FIRST EDITION. Despite the flaws noted to the jacket, a generally fresh copy, the cloth particularly bright. This is Erskine's first novel, and it was adapted into a silent film by the same name in 1927, directed by Alexander Korda. During his tenure at Columbia University, Erskine formulated the basis of the Core Curriculum, which was responsible for the Great Books movement. (Inventory #: 400950)