The American Spectator: A Literary Newspaper, issues 1-21 (November, 1932 - July, 1934)

O'Neill, Eugene, Theodore Dreiser, George Jean Nathan, Ernest Boyd, James Branch Cabell, Editors

Published by American Spectator Inc., NY, 1932

About this Item

Consecutive run of the first 21 issues of The American Spectator, Volume 1, number 1 (November, 1932) through Volume 2, number 21 (July, 1934). 15 of the 21 issues have original wraparound bands. Each issue is one or more 22 1/2" x 35" sheet, printed 2 sides and folded to 16 pages. Published by Richard R. Smith and edited by George Jean Nathan, Ernest Boyd, Theodore Dreiser, James Branch Cabell, and Eugene O'Neill. Articles include: Havelock Ellis - The Physician and Sex; Frank Swinnerton - English and American Publishers; Theodore Dreiser - The Great American Novel; Sean O'casey - Laurel Leaves and Silver Trumpets; Eugene O'Neill - Second Thoughts; Sherwood Anderson - To Remember; The Line-Up; Branch Cabell - Lament for Falstaff; Aldous Huxley - Alypius in a Brown Shirt; John Dos Passos - The Persian Merchant and the Red Army Soldier; Notes on the Back of a Passport; Mildred Cram - Author in Hollywood. Editorials include Nazi Germany and Hollywood. Toning to the paper, tenderness at some folds, one issue has old repair along the horizontal fold. Overall very good.

Seller Inventory # 008946

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The American Spectator: A Literary Newspaper, issues 1-21 (November, 1932 - July, 1934)
• Publisher: American Spectator Inc., NY
• Publication Date: 1932
• Language: English
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, As Issued
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literary & Modern First Editions