Excavations: A Book of Advocacies

Edition: First Edition; Signed by Author; Alfred A. Knopf, 1926. Signed by Carl Van Vechten, with inscription and date of Christmas 1925. Same date on title and copyright page, no additional printings indicated. xi, 285pp. Blue cloth boards, title stamped in gilt on spine. Deckled page edges. Crack between second front end page and half-title page, webbing showing through a little, but binding is otherwise sturdy and fully intact; text very good throughout. Cloth boards show light wear at edges, gentle bumping at corners; spine is sunned, gilt text is faded but readable. No dust jacket. From a private collection. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.