Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small Town Life
New York: B. W. Huebsch, 1919.
First edition, first issue with unbroken title page rule; "lay" for "lie" on page 86, line 5; and broken type of the word "the" on page 251, line 3. [x], 303 pp. Bound in publisher's canary yellow cloth, paper title label to spine, yellow topstain, map printed to front pastedown. Near Fine with light wear and soiling to cloth and topstain, darkening to rear joint. Offsetting from jacket to free endpapers, bookplate to front free endpaper, and light toning to contents. In the scarce dust jacket, Very Good with sunned spine panel, moderate wear and soiling to exposed panels, and several tape repairs. Price on spine crossed out and new price written in ink below. Bruccoli & Clark, Vol. 2 p. 14.
The first appearance of the acclaimed collection of modernist short stories centered around a small Ohio town, in much better than average condition. The book was published during the transitional period when jackets had been adopted but were disposable, intended only to protect the cloth before the sale. This jacket advertises Winesburg as a masterwork "in which people's very souls are bared." The legendary critic H.L. Mencken agreed: "It is so vivid, so full of insight, so shiningly life-like and glowing, that the book is lifted into a category all its own."
Price: $15,000