The American Mercury, April 1929 by H.L. Mencken (editor) James M. Cain - 1929

The American Mercury, 1928. Very Good condition. Includes "Theological Interlude" by James M. Cain.

New York: The American Mercury, Inc.. Good. 1928. (Vol. XIII; No. 49). Periodical. [Good only, with heavy external wear, rubbing/scuffing/soiling to covers; internally clean]. If any issue of The American Mercury can be described as "literarily star-studded," this would probably be it, with contributions from Sinclair Lewis ("The Man Who Knew Coolidge"), Jim Tully ("A California Holiday"), and a relative newcomer to the scene, James M. Cain. Cain's contribution, "Trial by Jury," was only the fifth time his work had appeared in the Mercury, and like the previous pieces (usually referred to as "dialogues") it took the form of a brief dramatic playlet -- in this case on a serious topic, the trial of a man accused of murdering a Ku Klux Klansman. Jim Tully was already a well-established literary celebrity at the time and his ironically-titled article here is one of his most famous, recounting his visit to San Quentin prison, where he… Read More

New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 1925.. First edition -. Very good minus in printed green wrappers - some wear to the yapped edges, as is common, but otherwise tight and clean. . First printing. Includes 'The Negro as a Workingman' by Kelly Miller, 'The Pathology of Service' by James M. Cain, 'The Strange Case of Poe' by Joseph Wood Krutch and more. Numerous ads - many for books and publishers. but also full page ads for AT&T, Thomas Cook, etc. 257-384, lxxii,

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1925. First Edition. Large octavo (25.75cm.); original green card wrappers printed in blue and black, yapp edges; xxiv,127,[1],xlviiipp. Wrapper extremities a bit chipped and worn, else Very Good and sound. Includes James M. Cain's short play "The Hero.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. First appearance of this Cain short story. A splendid copy, clean and bright and free of wrinkles or tears.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1925. (Periodical) Very good. 127pp. Light spine wear at top and bottom, 1 inch piece missing from top of spine, spine partially separated from magazine, dampstain to edge of first and last few pages, edges chipped. September 1925. Contributors include James M. Cain (The Hero), Lewis Mumford (The Poison of Good Taste), Louise Pound (Walt Whitman and Italian Musicc), James R. Stevens (A Prairie Town). Article about Walt Whitman. (Essays).

New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1925. (Periodical) Very good. 385-510pp. Light spine wear at top and bottom, dampstain on edge of first 8 pages, edges chipped. April 1925. Contributors include James M. Cain (Servants of the People), George E. DeMille (Poe As a Critic), Carl Dreher (The Psychopathology of Business), Ernesto Montenegro (The Heirs of Bolivar), G. Frederick Pelham (Adventures Among Union Men). Edited by George Jean Nathan. Article about Simon Bolivar & Edgar Allan Poe. (Essays).

New York: Knopf, 1933. First edition. Original wrappers, very good. Each contains a James M. Cain contribution.