Description
Offered here is Rotting Hill by Wyndham Lewis, published by Henry Regnery Company, Chicago, 1952. This is the First American Edition, in its original unclipped dust jacket with the $3.00 front-flap price intact.
Wyndham Lewis was one of the major British modernist figures of the 20th century, remembered as a novelist, critic, painter, and founder of the Vorticist movement. Rotting Hill is his postwar satirical novel of London life, politics, austerity, and social decline, making this a collectible literary title for readers of modernism, postwar fiction, and political satire.
Key points:
* 1952 First American Edition by Henry Regnery Company, Chicago
* Original unclipped dust jacket with $3.00 price on front flap
* Black cloth hardcover with gilt spine lettering
* Rear jacket panel includes a portrait of Wyndham Lewis and period biographical text
* Dust jacket rear flap includes publisher ads for 20th-century literature and modernist criticism
* Jacket protected in a removable Mylar cover
* Nice collectible copy of a postwar Wyndham Lewis title
Condition: Very Good hardcover with clean black cloth boards and bright gilt spine lettering. Binding appears solid. Pages show normal age toning. Original dust jacket is present and unclipped, with both flaps intact. Jacket shows visible age wear, including toning, rubbing/soiling, creasing, edge wear, and small chips/tears. Small vintage price/bookstore label inside rear cover. Please view all photos for the full condition and presentation.
A strong collectible copy of Rotting Hill for Wyndham Lewis collectors, modernist literature readers, and collectors of postwar literary fiction.
