The Land of Plenty
Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1971. Later edition. Hardcover. 1971, later edition, published as part of the Crosscurrents series. Inscribed on the half-title by the author to the late bibliographer and textual editor of the Crosscurrents series, Matthew J. Bruccoli. A Fine copy in red cloth, in a Very Good dust jacket with light wear along the top edge. Cantwell's classic was originally published in 1934. Matthew Joseph Bruccoli (1931-2008) was the foremost F. Scott Fitzgerald scholar and bibliographer of his time. Additionally, he wrote on, and edited critical editions of Hemingway, Hammett, Cozzens, Thomas Wolfe, John O'Hara, and Vladimir Nabokov. He studied bibliography under the tutelage of Fredson Bowers and worked with Jacob Blanck on the Bibliography of American Literature. He was responsible for the republication and rediscovery of dozens of forgotten American novels, and went on to be the editor and publisher of the 400+ volume Dictionary of Literary Biography, and was the chief editor of the University of Pittsburgh Press bibliography series. Digital images available upon request. Fine / Very Good. Item #0077031
ISBN: 9780809304578
Price: $360.00