$281
Volumes 1, numbers 1-3. Edited by William Carlos Williams, Robert McAlmon and Nathanael West. New York: Moss & Kamin, 1932. First three issues of this important American literary magazine, sprung from the close collaboration of William and McAlmon, and featuring contributions by William Carlos Williams, Nathanael West, Erskine Caldwell, S.J. Perelman, Louis Zukofsky, James T. Farrell, E.E. Cummings, Diego Rivera on Mickey Mouse and American Art, and much more. In 1921, McAlmon moved to Paris with his new wife, and closeted lesbian, English author Annie Winifred Ellerman, who went by the pen name "Bryher." He founded the Contact Publishing Company in 1923, after a short-lived that he started in New York with William Carlos Williams. In addition to books by Bryher, Contact is perhaps most notably known for publishing (1923), Hemingway's first book. [Together with:] By Bryher [a.k.a. Annie Winifred Ellerman]. (Paris: Contact), n.d. [c. 1929]. 12mo, original printed wraps detached and worn. First edition.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2015-05-07
