Frank Harris — Contemporary Portraits: Fourth Series

London, Grant Richards Ltd, 1924 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the fourth series of Frank Harris's collection of sketches of notable public figures, in the scarce original dust wrapper. The first edition of this work, in the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Featuring twenty-three short biographies, dedicated to individuals including Charlie Chaplin, Mark Twain, Maxim Gorky, Sarah Bernhardt and others.The work of Irish-American editor, novelist, short story writer, journalist and publisher Frank Harris. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Light shelf wear to back strip tail, otherwise externally excellent. Dust wrapper lightly age toned, with mark to back strip centre. Significant loss to tail of front wrap. Closed tears to head and tail of fold to rear flyleaf. Light handling marks to rear wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.