first edition Hardcover
1936 · New York
by Luhan, Mabel Dodge
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1936. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 542pp. Thick octavo [24 cm] Dark blue cloth over boards. Publisher's orange top stain. Extremities moderately bumped and rubbed. Barely visible moisture stain to top edge of text block. In a worn price-clipped dust jacket, with tape along the edges. The story of the author's years in New York, and the intimate memories of her salon at 23 Fifth Avenue. These memories include stories about Lincoln Steffens, Stieglitz, Carl Van Vechten, Big Bill Haywood, Max Eastmann, Emma Goldmann, Walter Lippmann, and more. In addition to Luhan's association with New York, she was also involved with the Taos art colony. (Inventory #: 68879)