Tales of a Wayward Inn [Algonquin Hotel]

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1938. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 0x0x0. First edition. Ink gift note on half-title page appears to be from someone who frequented the Algonquin ('To Dot from one of the inmates with a very Merry Xmas!') though we cannot decipher the name (it appears to be only a first name). 1 inch chip from front jacket edge, jacket edges rubbed with minor loss from corners, spine leans forward slightly, frontispiece foxed, related newspaper clipping laid in, pencil name on front endpaper. 1938 Hard Cover. 390 pp. Witty and revealing look at the famous and not-so-famous characters that populated the acclaimed Algonquin Hotel. The guest list included Mark Twain, Edgar Allan Poe, H.L. Mencken, Orson Welles, Tallulah Bankhead, Edna Ferber, Douglas Fairbanks, the Barrymores, etc. Frontispiece portrait of author by noted artist James Montgomery Flagg (mirrored on rear jacket panel), black-and-white illustrations.