First edition, first impression. xii, 264pp. Navy blue cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on pale blue relief on spine. 8vo. Volume slightly skewed. Cloth a little rubbed at edges, gently rounded at corners and spine ends. Upper text block edge dust dulled. Internally neat, clean and bright. Tight and firmly bound. In its original paper dust wrapper, lightly rubbed and a little toned on extreme edges, slightly spotted and a little shelf worn.
A collection of critical essays on aspects of American literature by D H Lawrence, unpublished during his lifetime but perhaps his best work of literary criticism. With essays on Benjamin Franklin, Hector St John de Crevecoeur, Fennimore Cooper, Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Walt Whitman and others.
