A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago.
Covici-McGee, 1922. First edition. Hardcover. 21.5 x 15.5 cm. Octavo. 289pp. Bound in art deco boards and in scarce matching jacket. First edition with Published November, 1922 on copyright page and no additional printings noted. Decorated endpapers as well as extensive in-text illustrations by Herman Rosse. Chipping to the jacket including a piece out of the top of the spine and a piece out of both the top and bottom of front cover jacket. Both jacket flaps are clipped at both corners. Rubbing to the bottom of the boards. Toning to the blank rear endpapers caused from a tipped innewspaper article about the author and publisher "pleading guility to sending indecent literature". Previous owner's bookplate on front fixed endpaper. Very Good in Good dust jacket. Item #58919
Collection of 64 articles about Chicago written by Hecht between 1921-22.
Price: $750.00