Why Steinbeck wrote The Grapes of Wrath. Did Shakespeare translate The Decameron? Mr. Grahame, Mr. Roosevelt, and I.

Jackson, Joseph Henry; Carter Meredith & A. A. Milne.

Published by Limited Editions Club, 595 Madison Avenue, New York. Number 1 of a New Series, Booklets for Bookmen [1940]., 1940

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6 in. x 9 1/8 in., 30 pp. and bound in subscription form, and a smaller format of this form, laid in. Black & white (halftone or line) reproductions of LEC illustrations by Thomas Hart Benton (Steinbeck: Grapes of Wrath), Fritz Kredel (Boccaccio: Decameron), Arthur Rackham (Grahame: Wind in the Willows). Orange, design & title-printed paper covers. This copy is in the original, brown paper mailing envelope with the printed LEC mailing label, and typed name of a Canton, Ohio based book collector (Florence Luntz), she has added the title of this booklet in ink in the upper margins of the mailing label. 3 cent & 1 1/2 cent US stamps present, with NYC 1940 postmark. The envelope shows some general edge wear, dusting. The A. A. Milne Essay: "Mr. Grahame, Mr. Roosevelt, and I", regards Kenneth Grahame's "Wind in the Willows" (1908), and Theodore Roosevelt, and prints the text of the TR letter to Kenneth Grahame. Seller Inventory # ABE-1415458496

Bibliographic Details

Title: Why Steinbeck wrote The Grapes of Wrath. Did...

Publisher: Limited Editions Club, 595 Madison Avenue, New York. Number 1 of a New Series, Booklets for Bookmen [1940].

Publication Date: 1940

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good