An American in Paris. Profile of an interlude between two wars. "Genêt" of The New Yorker.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1940. 8vo. First edition. Original green cloth, gilt. Jacket design by James Arnold. Faint foxing to the endpapers. The unclipped d/w (10s. 6d.) is slightly rubbed at the extremities and a little dust-marked. Near fine in near fine d/w. Item #9283
Collected letters, articles, sketches and profiles for The New Yorker (and other publications) by the author who had contributed to The New Yorker from Paris since it started publication. 'As an American living in Paris Miss Flanner has not confined her attention to Parisians - or to Americans either. Here are her famous profiles of Queen Mary, for example, and of Adolf Hitler whose "sapphire eyes" are his only good feature; while there are such well-known Paris landmarks as Schiaparelli, Coty, Bill Bullitt and two figures of the past - Edith Wharton and Isadora Duncan.' Janet Flanner (1892 - 1978) continued to contribute to The New Yorker until she retired in 1975. Scarce in the jacket.
Price: £225.00