SHERWOOD ANDERSONS MEMOIRS by Anderson, Sherwood - 1942-01-01

Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. publisher's note. Black coloured cloth covered boards with gilt coloured facsimile signature of author to the front panel and gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Plaintext dustwrapper brown coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Sherwood Anderson died on March 8, 1941. He had mostly completed his autobiography at the time of death; and, it deals with the growth, both success and failure, of himself during his lifetime. Softening of the back strip edges some rubbing of the top book corners and lower book edges. Age toning of the text edges and pages faint offset tanning to the end pages. Chipping to the dustwrapper corners and back strip, and, there is some rubbing and creasing of the top dustwrapper edge. Sunning to the back strip along with some rubs and marks, and the panels similarly show sunning and rubs, albeit on a lighter scale there is a stain to… Read More

New York: Harcourt Brace & Co. 1942 Very Good/Fair. First Edition. Octavo. 507 pages. Black cloth with gilt lettering. Gilt flaking off in places. Small stains on fore edge of text. End sheets browning near hinges. Jacket spine browned. Water stains on top front jacket and on lower rear flap hinge. Usual small chips and tears at ends of jacket hinges. Larger chip at head of jacket spine. Inch-long tears in jacket along top front spine hinge and top front flap hinge..

HARCOURT, BRACE AND COMPANY. NY 1942. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1942. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fine in a price clipped very good dust jacket. (Shallow chipping at crest of spine. Chips at edges of rear jacket flaps. Spine lightly toned. ) .

New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1942. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Small owner's label and offsetting to front endpapers from a clipping, else near fine in slightly soiled near fine dustwrapper.

New York:: Harcourt Brace Company,, 1942.. First Printing of the First Edition. A Fine copy in a Very good Plus unclipped dust jacket with some light edge wear .This collection of Anderson's memories of his life growing up and later becoming one of the most influential writers of the early 20th Century was almost completed before his death. This edition was heavily edited and constructed by Anderson's long time friend Paul Rosenfeld.

New York: Harcourt Brace Company. 1942. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Large open tear to top front panel on gutter flapss clipped on all four corners but 2.75 price still intact on the flap. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .