CUMMINGS, E. E. — The Enormous Room (Modern Library #214. 1)

New York: The Modern Library / Random House, [c.1956]. Hardcover. The American modernist poet, painter, playwright and essayist E. E. Cummings based his autobiographical novel on his experiences as a prisoner in France during World War I. With a brief introduction by the author and a foreword by the author's father. Volume wrapped in blue and tan variant jacket. --- In Toledano spine 8 / pale green cloth / gilt titling on green spine & cover blocks / faded green topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style i, verso lists 377 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1956 (though 1949 date appears in book). ML #214.1. --- With discoloration to cloth and mild age-toning to leaves, else a tightly-bound, unmarked copy. Price-clipped, brittle dust jacket with several tears, darkened spine and some toning, else intact and protected in new removable mylar wrapper.; 12mo 7" - 7-1/2" tall; xviii, 332 pages. Very Good in Good dust jacket .