The Shock of Recognition: The Development of Literature in the United States Recorded by the Men Who Made It

Modern Library Giant. Stated first printing. Contributions by Melville, Twain, Henry James, 2 Clean text and interior. Unclipped dust jacket with $2.95 price intact. Soiling, rubbing, chipping along edges of jacket with ML catalog on verso, now wrapped in protective Brodart. 1290 pages