Women and Children First
New York: Random House, n.d. ca. 1943. Stated First Printing. 8vo. 7-5/8" x 5-1/4". Green cloth covered boards. Mustard colored cloth spine with green label stamped in gold. 279 pp. Very good to fine. / Dust jacket with $2.00 price is toned along the spine. A scrape tear along the front hinge and several chips along the top and bottom edges. Some light soil.
The fifth book of short stories by Sally Benson is in a sense a retrospective one-woman show. Its thirty-eight tales, sparkling with wit and alive with character, appeared in The New Yorker between the years 1938 and 1943. The work of a writer whose four previous books - People Are Fascinating, Emily, Junior Miss and Meet Me in St. Louis - earned for Mrs. Benson a national reputation, Women and Children First gives new emphasis to her versatility as a storyteller.
Item #2201
Price: $75.00