NY: E. P. Dutton & Co, 1972. First edition. 146pp. Red and black cloth boards; gilt spine titles; dust jacket. Mild shelfwear; one small spot of soiling to textblock base. Near fine in a very good jacket, unclipped, with a small chip at top of rear panel, light foxing to interior.
First American edition of this collection of short fictional biographies originally published in 1935, here translated by Norman Thomas di Giovanni.
