Condition: Very Good Plus clean, tight and bright hardcover with light general wear including blocked sun discoloration to the cover; in remarkable shape considering it's age. Some stains inside, mostly up against the salmon color endpapers. No writing or markings except the copy number which is written in red ink. Binding is intact, pages are uncut on the long edges intentionally, "should remain uncut" according to first page.
Additional Information: Monroe Wheeler (1899-1988), former Director of Exhibitions and Publications at The Museum of Modern Art (1939-1967) was born in Evanston, Illinois and began his interest in publishing and book design early in his life. In the 1920s, before his long and active career as Director of Exhibitions and Publications at the Museum, Wheeler was part of the American expatriate literary community in Paris and co-founded the publishing firm Harrison of Paris. His relationship with American novelist and longtime companion Glenway Wescott (1901-1987) lasted from 1919 until Wescott's death.
The publishing firm of Minton, Balch and Company was founded by Melville Minton and Earle H. Balch in New York in 1924. In 1930 the firm merged with G. P. Putnam's Sons and both Minton and Balch took up senior positions at Putnam. Harrison of Paris was a publishing house originally founded in Paris in 1930 by Monroe Wheeler and Barbara Harrison Wescott.
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