A Hasty Bunch: Short Stories.
Carbondale:: Southern Illinois University Press, 1977. First Printing of the First Reprint Edition. A Fine copy in a Fine unclipped dust jacket. This collection of stories was originally privately published in France in 1922 by McAlmon at his Contact Press. This edition is the first time these 24 stories have been publicly available since then. McAlmon is best known for publishing Ernest Hemingway's first book and joining him in Spain for the bull fights; but McAlmon was also a writer of some note and one of the most influential literary figures in Paris in the 1920s. He was friends with everyone of importance in Paris and his Contact Press was responsible for publishing many of the great writers of the period. Item #25725
ISBN: 0809307987
Price: $85.00