Norfolk, Conn.: New Directions, [1971]. First American edition. Small red octavo, three blank front endpapers, 207 pages, 20 cm. Small rubbed scuff to spine head, very mild rubbing to spine head and foot, extremely gentle rubbing to corners, very light soiling to boards, ink ownership signature to front free endpaper, Huxley quote and ownership signature pasted to front pastedown, faint soiling to front free endpaper and rear free endpaper, bright pages in tight binding, else Very Good(+). No dust jacket. . Hardcover.Literature, Essays. Contents: Harold Monro.--Mr. Housman at Little Bethel.--Hell.--'We have had no battles.'--The prose tradition in verse.--Dr. Williams' position.--James Joyce et Pécuchet.--Mr. Elliot's solid merit.--'Abject and utter farce.'--The teachers's mission.--A letter from Dr. Rouse to E.P.--Retrospect: Interlude.--Prefatio aut cimicium tunulus.--'Active anthology.' How to read.--Civilization.--Note on Dante.
