The American Spectator: A Literary Newspaper, issues 1-21 (November, 1932 - July, 1934)

NY: American Spectator Inc., 1932. Consecutive run of the first 21 issues of The American Spectator, Volume 1, number 1 (November, 1932) through Volume 2, number 21 (July, 1934). 15 of the 21 issues have original wraparound bands. Each issue is one or more 22 1/2" x 35" sheet, printed 2 sides and folded to 16 pages. Published by Richard R. Smith and edited by George Jean Nathan, Ernest Boyd, Theodore Dreiser, James Branch Cabell, and Eugene O'Neill. Articles include: Havelock Ellis - The Physician and Sex; Frank Swinnerton - English and American Publishers; Theodore Dreiser - The Great American Novel; Sean O'casey - Laurel Leaves and Silver Trumpets; Eugene O'Neill - Second Thoughts; Sherwood Anderson - To Remember; The Line-Up; Branch Cabell - Lament for Falstaff; Aldous Huxley - Alypius in a Brown Shirt; John Dos Passos - The Persian Merchant and the Red Army Soldier; Notes on the Back of a Passport; Mildred Cram - Author in Hollywood. Editorials include Nazi Germany and Hollywood. Toning to the paper, tenderness at some folds, one issue has old repair along the horizontal fold. Overall very good. . 1st. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall.