$281
Chapel Hill, N. C.: Contempo, 1931-1932. 8 issues [comprising v. I, ns. 8, 18-21, v. II, ns. 4-6]. Folio tabloid. Printed periodical (early issues are large folding newspaper format, later stapled). Scarce North Carolina literary magazine, with contributions by Langston Hughes ("The Town of Scottsboro"), Nathanael West ("Miss Lonely Hearts in the Dismal Swamp," excerpt), William Carlos Williams, Boris Pasternak, Rainer Maria Rilke, Samuel Putnam ("If Dada Comes to America"), Ezra Pound, John Dos Passos, Sinclair Lewis, Theodore Dreiser, and others. Also of note is Ezra Pound's critique of Gorham B. Munson and Malcolm Cowley (v. 1, n. 18) and v. 1, n. 19, which is wholly given over to the controversial review of Frank Harris' biography of George Bernard Shaw.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2015-05-07
