The Little Review: A Quarterly Journal or Art and Letters
New York and London: The Little Review, 1924. Softcover. A very nice copy of this influential magazine of literature and the arts that was published from 1914 until 1925. Margaret Anderson (1886 - 1973 ) was the founder and editor of The Little Review magazine, the “little magazine” in which she introduced works by many of the best-known American and British writers of the 20th century. Anderson, by a combination of luck, energy, and a fascination with anything novel, produced a magazine of legendary quality. For six months in 1914, after her financial backers abandoned The Little Review, she lost her home and offices and camped with family and staff members on the shores of Lake Michigan. Once, to protest the temporary lack of exciting new works, she issued 64 blank pages between covers. Among those who contributed to the magazine were Carl Sandburg, Sherwood Anderson, William Carlos Williams, Amy Lowell, Ford Madox Ford, Gertrude Stein, Wallace Stevens, Emma Goldman, and Malcolm Cowley. In 1917 Ezra Pound was engaged as foreign editor. Through his influence the Little Review published works by William Butler Yeats, T.S. Eliot, Hart Crane, and James Joyce. When Anderson began serializing Joyce’s Ulysses in The Little Review in 1918, the U.S. Post Office seized and burned four issues of the magazine and then convicted Anderson and associate editor Heap on obscenity charges; each was fined $50. Nevertheless, Anderson continued to publish for another 11 years [Britannica website].
This issue has an interview with Margaret Anderson, and contributions by Guillaume Apollinaire, André Breton, and Baroness von Freytag[Loringhoven. There are a few black and white photos, including a portrait of Anderson. There are "musings" on the art of Juan Gris and Marcel Duchamp. Perfect bound in light green covers with titling in a black design and the words Miscellany Number on front cover. Sunning to edges and creasing to yapp edges and corners. A few spots. Black ink mark on rear cover. Several pages are unopened. About very good condition. Measures 7.5 x 9..75 inches. 63 pages. LIT/091124. Very Good.
Item #37457
Price: $300.00