CUMMINGS, E.E. — The Enormous Room
New York, Boni and Liveright. 1922, First Edition. Cloth. Book, 8vo. (iv), 272 pp. Original tan-coloured cloth boards with black lettering to front and spine. Fore and bottom edges untrimmed. First edition (first state with the word "Shit!" uncensored in the final line of page 219). An extremely good example of Cummings's allegorical novel of his detention-camp experiences during WWI. Front pastedown with the striking ex libris of famous Dutch journalist/writer Hans van Straten. Rare first-state edition in fine condition. Fine.