The Groves of Academe: A Novel

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1952. Very Good -/Very Good -. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1952. First Edition, stated. Octavo (21cm); illustrated dust jacket with $3.50 price intact; blue boards with silver lettering and decoration; [x],302pp. Jacket shows a few chips, tears, and creases along edges, with prior owner's marker-colored paper slip affixed by tape to verso in attempt to fill a decent chip at head; some general smudging and scuffing to surface and a bit of dulling to spine. Boards shelfworn with some fading and soiling along edges; a couple corners bumped; small tear with tugging to cloth at head. Opens easily between a few gatherings but binding secure. Pages lightly toning at edges but unmarked.

Academia-satire based on the author's time teaching at Bard and Sarah Lawrence. Often noted as the first example in the Campus Novel genre, though cases can be made for various predecessors.