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Book Condition: Used Near Fine
Seller: Borg Antiquarian

United States
About Item: Wheaton, IL: Earth Publishing Company [Printed by members of the Dill Pickle Club of Chicago], 1931. First Edition. Wrappers. Near Fine. 4to (13" x 9 1/2"), orange wrappers with black lettering & ~ 4" by 2" logo of both hemispheres of the globe behind title "EARTH," includes poetry, essays, and "A Note on Contemporary Letters" by James T. Farrell, 16 pages. Price "Twenty Five Cents." RARE early appearance of author, James T. Farrell, as a critic. He is best known for the Studs Lonigan trilogy. His perspective is that of a member of the "left wing of 'collectivists', radicals, and proletarians" in contrast to the "right wing of 'individualsts,' like the literary Humanists." It's his party of Radicals versus Concervatives. His essay is articulate 30's Marxist. Among Leftist authors whom he praises are John Dos Passos, Michael Gold, and V.F. Calverton. Among disparaged Humanists, he numbers… Read More
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