Minutes of the Last Meeting

New York: The Viking Press, 1954. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 277pp. Octavo [22 cm] Publisher's red topstain. Illustrated endpapers. Spine rolled. 2 and 1/2" light scratch to the front board. Previous owner's name and brief numerical notation along the top edge of the front endpaper. In the dust jacket illustrated by George Schreiber, with very periodic shallow closed tears and chips to the edges, and a light moisture stain to the reverse along the bottom edge (3" wide x 1/2" deep). Despite these flaws, the jacket is actually quite attractive. A memoir revealing the antics of Japanese-American art critic, poet, and anarchist Sadakichi Hartmann ("the Gray Chrysanthemum") and the Bundy Drive Group (John Barrymore, W. C. Fields, and John Decker). (Inventory #: 68580)