38. Sherwood | Anderson’s | NOTEBOOK | [panel line] | Containing Articles Written During | the Author’s Life as a Story Teller, | and Notes of his Impressions from | Life [vignette] scattered through the Book | [publishers’ device and panel line] | NEW YORK MCMXXVI | BONI & LIVERIGHT [title surrounded by a triple line border of which the outer line is a decorated rule]
230p. 21½ × 14½ cm. Blue decorated paper over boards; purple cloth spine stamped in gold. Also 225 large paper copies numbered and signed.
Dedication (p.[7]): Dedicated to two friends, M. D. F. and Emerson.
Contents: From Chicago; Four American impressions (Gertrude Stein, Paul Rosenfeld, Ring Lardner, Sinclair Lewis); Notes out of a man’s life (Notes 1-5); A note on realism; After seeing George Bellows’ Mr. and Mrs. Wase; I’ll say we’ve done well; A meeting South; Notes out of a man’s life (Notes 6-10); Notes on standardization; Alfred Stieglitz; Notes out of a man’s life (Notes 11-16); When the writer talks; Notes out of a man’s life (Notes 17-22); An apology for crudity; King Coal; Notes out of a man’s life (Notes 23-29).
TAR: A MIDWEST CHILDHOOD. 1926
39. TAR | A | Midwest Childhood | SHERWOOD ANDERSON | [publishers’ device] | NEW YORK | BONI AND LIVERIGHT | 1926 [first three lines enclosed within a blue decorated border; title surrounded by a single line border]
xviii, 346p. 21½ × 14½ cm. Brown cloth stamped in gold and blue on cover and spine. Also 350 large paper copies numbered and signed.
Dedication (p.[v]): To Elizabeth Anderson.
A Foreword by Anderson appears on p.ix-xviii.
40. First English edition: