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Published by Michael Joseph, 1970
ISBN 10: 0718107241ISBN 13: 9780718107246
Seller: Gregor Rare Books, Langley, WA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A Fine copy in a Fine, unclipped dust jacket. McAlmon was one of the central figures in the expatriate community of artists in Paris in the 1920s and in his memoirs he recount how life there unfolded. Originally published in 1938 in the UK only, the true first edition is extremely rare but this revised edition whereby Kay Boyle adds her own perspective of the period alongside McAlmon's original memories that she has corrected. First Printing of the First English Edition.
Published by Doubleday, 1968
Seller: Gregor Rare Books, Langley, WA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A Near Fine copy in a Very Good price-clipped dust jacket with edge wear to spine extremities, else fine. Review Copy with "With Compliments of Doubleday & Company" stamped on the front pastedown. McAlmon's importance to the literary life in Paris in the '20s is without challenge. He was to the American expatriate community what the hub is to the wheel. He went to Paris in the spring of 1921, where he immediately met Sylvia Beach, James Joyce and Exra Pound and was dubbed a "true primitive" in the American community until he left Paris in 1929 .
Published by Doubleday, 1968
Seller: Gregor Rare Books, Langley, WA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dust jacket. Jacket has just the slightest hint of wear to spine extremities, else fine. McAlmon's importance to the literary life in Paris in the '20s is without challe nge. He was to the American expatriate community what the hub is to the wheel. He went to Paris in the spring of 1921, where he immediately met Sylvia Beach, James Joyce and Exra Pound and was dubbed a "true primitive" in the American community until he left Paris in 1929 .
Published by University of Nebraska, 1962
Seller: Gregor Rare Books, Langley, WA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A Fine copy in a Very Good plus unclipped dust jacket with slight moisture rippling to the real panel. McAlmon was a major fixture in the expatriate community of Paris in the 20s. He was at the center of the avant-garde literary scene and founded one of the more important small literary presses that published many of the soon to be important writers in Paris. For the most part, McAlmon has gone unrecognized for his contributions to the period both as a personality and a writer, but this anthology of his writings goes a long ways in correcting that and setting straight the record of McAlmon's importance .
Published by University of Nebraska, 1962
Seller: Gregor Rare Books, Langley, WA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A Fine copy in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with a touch of rubbing to the spine. McAlmon was a major fixture in the expatriate community of Paris in the 20s. He was at the center of the avant-garde literary scene and founded one of the more important small literary presses that published many of the soon to be important writers in Paris. For the most part, McAlmon has gone unrecognized for his contributions to the period both as a personality and a writer, but this anthology of his writings goes a long ways in correcting that and setting straight the record of McAlmon's importance .