Compiled in 1966 but based upon articles drawn originally from the 1900-1930 period, with stories, plays, and verse by James Joyce, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Eugene O'Neill, Ezra Pound, D.H. Lawrence, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Dorothy Parker, Robinson Jeffers, Damon Runyon, Anatole France, O. Henry and others. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in big, tall, quarto-sized hardcover format, generally clean, unmarked interior, minimal rubbing to extremities. Light gray linien weave cloth covers, beautiful gilt stamped illustration to front cover, sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine. Gift inscription at first free endpaper, to Charles ("Chic") Goldschmid, from "Bobby" (Robert R. Allen?, his business partner and friend). Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xxv, [1], 3-262 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets. Seller Inventory # 356593

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Title: The Smart Set

Publisher: The Dial Press

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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Member, I.O.B.A. (the Independent On-line Booksellers Association) "Structure" versus "Agency." A phrase that has characterized much social-scientific debate. Does ?structure? (the routinized regulations of kinship and marriage, work and reproduction, of race, class and gender) determine history, or is it the ?agency? of fully conscious, independently acting, individuals? Structure, Verses, Agency Books isn?t going to solve the debate, but we?ll offer you lots of all three. Versus to verses?we specialize in fine, rare and collectible books, from the fine arts to the social sciences, from poetry to photography, from literature and ethnography to fine bindings and Americana. Structure, Verses, Agency Books

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