The Man Behind the Book by Henry Van Dyke

The Man Behind the Book: Essays in Understanding

Henry Van Dyke

Charles Scribner's Sons 1929

First edition hardcover. Blue boards with beautiful decoration signed by "ELF". Fine condition, gilt bright, corners lightly scuffed, interior clean and tight. SCARCE dustjacket in very good condition; toned, corners and spine chipped, now in archival mylar jacket. Van Dyke's literary essays on Chaucer, Poe, Whitman, Byron, Willa Cather and more. Eight illustrative photographs of the writers.