A Southern Vanguard: The John Peale Bishop Memorial Volume

New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1947. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); terracotta cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in dark green on spine and front cover; green topstain; dustjacket; 331pp. Modest rubbing to spine ends, with faint foxing to right edge of textblock, and light offsetting to pastedowns and endpapers; Very Good. Dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $4.50), spine-faded, with bookshop sticker to rear flap, tiny chips and tears to spine ends and extremities, and tanning to flaps; Good. Collection of essays, poems, and short stories with contributors including John Peale Bishop, Randall Jarrell, Peter Taylor, and Mary N.S. Whiteley. [84062].