$188
New York: The Seven Arts Publishing, 1916-1917. 15 issues (comprising Nov. 1916-Oct. 1917, with duplicate copies of Mar., Aug., and Jul. 1917). 4to, 12 issues bound in 2 vols. of blue cloth-backed boards with gilt titles (without original wraps), and three issues in original publisher's printed wraps. Founded by James Oppenheim and Waldo Frank, and financed by Anette Rankine, the Seven Arts included literary contributions from some of America's most celebrated modernist authors, including Sherwood Anderson, Theodore Dreiser, D.H. Lawrence and Carl Sandburg, as well as harsh social criticisms, largely regarding the U.S. involvement in WWI, from contributors such as Bertrand Russell, Paul Rosenberg and, perhaps most notably, Randlophe Bourne (i.e. "The War and the Intellectuals," June 1917). Tears and soiling to original wraps; back wrap of Jul. 1917 detached and laid in; price stickers to two issues.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2015-05-07
