Mitchell, Edwin Valentine, ed. — The Literary Observer, No. 1, April-May, 1934

Hartford, Connecticut, Edwin Valentine Mitchell, 1934. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Fine looking copy of the inaugural issue of The Literary Observer, published and edited by Edwin Valentine Mitchell, with articles by Odell Shepard about Nathaniel Hawthorne, by E.F. Benson about William Shakespeare, with an essay by Thomas R. Coward about how publishing houses handle manuscripts, by Hiram Percy Maxim about newly published scientific works, and many others, and including notes and reviews galore, and with period advertising. Tall quarto format, measuring 8 1/4" 11 3/4" wide and tall, respectively, being printed and illustrated softpaper wraps, lightly sunned, hardly soiled, staple-bound. 30 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine