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THE LITTLE REVIEW, Vol. XII, No. 2
Published by Margaret Anderson and Jane Heap, New York and Paris, 1929
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
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Condition: Very good minus. First edition. Farewell issue of the celebrated Modernist journal. Founded in 1914, THE LITTLE REVIEW soon gained a reputation for its experimental approach to art, literature, and politics alike. Beginning in 1918, Anderson and Jane Heap began publishing Joyce's ULYSSES in installments, and continued through 1920, even as the press reviled them and the Post Office suppressed and seized copies sent through the mails. Anderson and Heap were convicted on the charge of obscenity in the subsequent February 1921 trial. ULYSSES was abandoned, only about half of it published. This disaster led to the iconic publication of the book by Sylvia Beach at Shakespeare & Company in 1922. THE LITTLE REVIEW persevered through the end of the next decade, championing surrealists, Dadaists, exiles, and anarchists. For this final "Confessions and Letters" issue, Anderson and Heap circulated a brief questionnaire to all the giants of the arts & letters who would hold still for it, and many who would not: T.S. Eliot wrote a brief, touching letter; Djuna Barnes sent a magnificent refusal ("I am sorry but the list of questions does not interest me to answer. Nor have I that respect for the public." Among the scores of well-wishes and contributors were Nathalie Clifford Barney, Nancy Cunard, Bertrand Russell, Jean Cocteau, Havelock Ellis, Janet Flanner, Emma Goldman, Aldous Huxley, James Joyce, Mina Loy, Marianne Moore, Edith Sitwell, Gertrude Stein, Joseph Tella, Tristan Tzara, and William Carlos Williams. "Salutations," wrote Dorothy Richardson; "You have fought a good fight and finished your course and kept the faith." 9.5'' x 7.5''. Original wrappers. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 110 pages. Moderate to heavy soil and chipping to wrappers; front hinge losing its former attachment to text block. Dampstain to lower edge. Chip to upper edge of page 97-98. Indentations to rear endpaper.
