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The Bodley Head 1940. FIRST EDITION super octavo hardcover ( VG+) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

Duell, Sloan & Pearce, Inc., New York, 1939. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). Slim 8vo. 20pp. Blue cloth lettered in silver at the spine and upper board. A trace of very light toning to the endpapers, and a tiny area of surface abrasion to the title page. A virtually fine copy in non-price-clipped dust wrapper, a little toned at the unprinted spine panel and with a touch of light dust soiling. A very nice copy of his twelve-page verse-statement..

First U. K. edition limited to 500 copies, octavo, pp. 24. This copy from the personal collection of G. S. Terence Cavanagh (1923-2005), late Professor Emeritus of Medical Literature at Duke University, author, & antiquarian bookseller, with his tasteful bookplate on the front pastedown. An index card with Archibald MacLeish's signature beneath a "Faithfully yours" inscription is laid in. A mild bump to bottom front board tip. Shallow vertical crease on Title Page. Price-clipped dust jacket a little weary with shelf and handling wear, but ensconced now in a sheet of protective mylar.

London: John Lane, 1940. First UK edition: One of 500 copies. 8vo, pp. 24. Ivory cloth. Cover somewhat soiled, and little bumped at corners, o/w VG.

New York: New Republic, 1939.. 4to. 108 pp., Very Good, Original Slick Paper Wraps, with small tears on cover, pencil scribbles, some yellowing throughout. Contributions by Henry A. Wallace & Thomas Mann.