THE MAN BEHIND THE BOOK: ESSAYS IN UNDERSTANDING

by Henry Van Dyke

$275 · Offered by Captain Ahab's Rare Books · No longer available

First edition

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. First Edition. A substantial volume of literary essays on the personality and works of Chaucer, Poe, Edgar Lee Masters, Whitman, Byron, Hazlitt, Shelley, Carlyle, Meredith, and Hardy, while touching on more recent authors like Thornton Wilder and Willa Cather. Scarce in dustjacket. Item #7319 First Printing. Octavo 19.75cm ; navy blue cloth, with

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