Condition: Acceptable: Signs of wear and consistent use. Cloth with paper labels. First edition. 414 pp. Illus. with tipped-in b/w photos. Publishers joint effort at promotion of their authors. Edgewear, spine ends and corners show wear. The back endpaper is missing at the end of the book. Spine label a bit chipped and browned See images for the condition of this book. First edition, first printing.
Blurb: A book about books, this is a collection of essays on the popular authors of the day in a rare collaboration by their four publishers. Printed as a guide to the best things there are for the season of 1923-24, it includes articles about John Galsworthy, Joseph Conrad, Vita Sackville West, Harold Bell Wright, Booth Tarkington, Edith Wharton, Christopher Morley, Ralph Connor, Arthur Train, Donald Ogden Stewart, Joseph C. Lincoln, Gene Stratton-Porter and Lothrop Stoddard.