The Best of Dorothy Parker [U.K. FIRST EDITION / 1952]

The Best of Dorothy Parker 

U.K. FIRST EDITION [1952] METHUEN & CO LTD. LONDON

Antique hardcover with dust jacket in very good reading condition.  

Dust jacket is in nice shape; some general wear and tear to edges, a tear atop spine, and a small sealed tear on upper left corner of front.   Clipped panels.  Heavy tanning to edges of underside and a bit of foxing. 

Book itself is excellent; cover looks good as new; pages read nicely.  Small metallic ex libris sticker on front endpaper. 

In the bitingly witty poems and stories collected here, along with her articles and reviews, she brilliantly captures the spirit of the decadent Jazz Age in New York, exposing both the dazzle and the darkness. But beneath the sharp perceptions and acidic humour, much of her work poignantly expresses the deep vulnerability of a troubled, self-destructive woman who, in the words of philosopher Irwin Edman, was 'a Sappho who could combine a heartbreak with a wisecrack'.