Struthers Burt — Escape from America

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of American novelist Struthers Burt's collection of philosophical essays about the state of America in the 1930s. The very scarce first edition, first printing of this work. Scribner's A.In the vanishingly scarce unclipped dust wrapper.The work of American novelist, poet, and short-story writer Maxwell Struthers Burt.Subtitled 'a challenge to citizens who take America for granted', this work offers 'a book of straight thinking on matters of current importance, an invigorating and clear-sighted criticism of contemporary American culture', discussing 'what it means to be American&apos. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with bump and minor instance of fraying to back strip head. Bookseller's label to tail of front free endpaper. Handling marks to dust wrapper wrap perimeters. Light chipping to dust wrapper back strip tail. Loss to back strip head. Closed tear to head of front wrap, minor closed tear to tail of front wrap. Light tide mark to back strip tail. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good.