Condition: Very Good. Viking Press 11/19/37 Binding: Unknown dj wlite chipping, tears, in mylar unclipped; lite foxing of epprs; 1056 pages; Anthology selected from Woollcott's favorite reading as well as his own anecdotes. Contains 21 authors, essays, biography, hb short stories, a mystery, ghost story, and 8 complete books. Maugham, Kenneth Grahame, Max Beerbohm, Dorothy Parker, etc.
Published by Viking Press, New York, 1937
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition; Second Printing. Very Good+ in a Poor dust jacket. Closed tears and chips. First Edition; "Published by Viking Press in 1937" apparent on copyright page. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Published by New York: The Viking Press, [1937?]., 1937
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Dust Jacket. Very Good. Moderate wear, especially along spine, and at head of spine. One inch tear at head of spine. Price unclipped. Stated second printing. (Dust Jacket only. Book not included).
Hardcover. Condition: G. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 4 different hardcover books by or about Woolcott 1. A. Woollcott: His Life and His World by Samuel Hopkins Adams, Reynal & Hitchcock, 1945 pub date, 386 pages, DJ remnants only. 2. The Letters of Alexander Woollcott, blue cloth boards with inscribed "AW" decoration, edited by Beatrice Kaufman and Joseph Hennessey, dated 1944, 410 pages. 3. Long, Long Age, by Woolcott, red cloth boards, sketch of Woolcott embossed on front, dated 1943, 280 pages, 4. Woolcott's Second Reader, Viking Press, 1937 with 1056 pages. Blue cloth boards, endpapers browned, faded sketch of Woolcott embossed on front. Short stories, essays, by 12 different writers including My Aunt Daisy by Albert Halper, Peter Rugg, The Missing Man by William Austin, The Gold Age by Kenneth Grahams, Joe by Gustav Eckstein, etc. ;