Vintage 1944 First Edition HC w DJ: The Viking Portable Library: Dorothy Parker
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As shown. See all photos. First edition of The Viking Portable Library one-volume compilation of the stories and poems of Dorothy Parker. Octavo, original cloth. Introduction by W. Somerset Maugham. Very good in an OK dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert F. Hallock.The Viking Portable Library one-volume edition of Dorothy Parker's stories and poems includes Here Lies: Laments For The Living, After Such Pleasures, Not So Deep As A Well, Enough Rope, Sunset Gun, Death & Taxes, and five stories first published here in book form. I can imagine no more intoxicating experience than to be reading Dorothy Parker for the first time. (Marion Sturges-Jones, Philadelphia Record).Dorothy Parker (née Rothschild; August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967) was an American poet and writer of fiction, plays and screenplays based in New York; she was known for her caustic wisecracks, and eye for 20th-century urban foibles. flawless for everyday use. first-class materials and excellent craftsmanship ensure long-lasting durability.
