CARNEVALI, Emanuel; Dorothy Dudley, fwd

A Hurried Man

Paris: Contact Editions / Three Mountains Press, [1925]. First Edition. First printing. 12mo; plain thin paper wrappers with printed orange dustwrapper; 268pp. Mild soil and wear to the dustwrapper, which shows some vertical creasing along spine panel; internally clean, tight, and unmarked. A Very Good copy. Foreword by Dorothy Dudley.

A selection of Carnevali's work from his contributions to American and British little magazines through the Teens and Twenties, including literary essays, poetry, and short stories. Carnevali (1897-1942), born in Florence, left home at sixteen and emigrated on his own to the United States, where he worked a variety of menial jobs while beginning to publish widely in American little magazines. He was befriended by a number of influential members of the American literary avant-garde, including Ezra Pound, Max Eastman, Harriet Monroe, and William Carlos Williams, but he remained practically unknown outside of this circle until the posthumous publication of his Autobiography, edited by Kay Boyle, which did not appear until 1967. The current work is the only book Carnevali published during his lifetime. Quite uncommon in commerce.

Price: $500.00

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