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New York: Alfred A. Knopf. NF. 1923. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition bound in black cloth with red pattern design to the fron t board and spine and gold lettering. A Near Fine copy. Some of the pa ges are still uncut and unopened. Former owner's name and the date are written on the front endpaper. Small rubs to the corners. .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Decorated cloth. Tiny ink date on front fly, light foxing in the text, spine lettering a little darkened, near fine lacking the dustwrapper.

1 . hardback. Fine. 1st ed. NY (Knopf) 1923. Inscribed (1926) presentation copy. About fine.

NY: Knopf. VG book, no DJ. Near flawless but rubbed extrems & faded spine.. 8vo. 1st edition.. Hardcover. VG book, no DJ. Crisply & clearly SIGNED "Carl Van Doren" on first blank ep. Gilt lettered black cloth. 8vo, 262pp. . A really nice book. Very tight, stays closed when stood on its spine. Red stained top edge and all three edges are as clean & spotless as new. Black cloth cover with few 1/8" scraped spots. A newspaper photo of Van Doren has lightly browned inside cover. .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Good. No dust jacket. Signed by author. Cover has some wear and soiling.. 262, [2] p. These essays, sketches, and reviews were reprinted with the permission of the various publishers from The Atlantic Monthly, The Literary Review, the Nation, and The Texas Review. From Wikipedia: "Carl Clinton Van Doren (September 10, 1885 July 18, 1950) was a U.S. critic and Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer. He was the brother of critic and teacher Mark Van Doren and the uncle of Charles Van Doren. He won the 1939 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for Benjamin Franklin. He earned a bachelor of arts from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1907 and a doctorate from Columbia University in 1911 and continued to teach there until 1930. In 1939, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for Benjamin Franklin. Van Doren's study The American Novel, published in 1921, is generally… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Good plus. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 262pp. Black cloth stamped in red. Small sticker abrasion on fly-leaf. In dust jacket that is spine faded and has some short edge tears that have been tape reinforced on the verso. "...literary editor of The Century, one of the sanest and most interesting critics of today."- from blurb.

New York: Knopf, 1923. First Edition. Fine in a bright dust jacket with a few chips and tears. Very scarce in jacket.