Elizabeth Hardwick

A View of My Own: Essays in Literature and Society

Farrar, Strauss and Cudahy, 1962. 8vo, quarter green cloth over white marbled boards, white titles, red top stain, 214pp. First Edition. Unclipped dust jacket (4.50) with toning to front flap, light wear to edges. Ownership signature, toning to front endpapers. Contents clean, binding sharp and square. Selection of literary criticism by the Kentucky born novelist and co-founder of the New York Review of Books. Essays on William James, Christina Stead, the trial of Caryl Chessman, women and letters, poverty in fiction, et al. A nearly fine copy in mylar.

Price: $50.00