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Winesburg, Ohio
Sherwood Anderson, 1919
ANDERSON, Sherwood (1876-1941). Winesburg, Ohio. New York: B.W. Huebsch, 1919.

First edition, first issue, in dust jacket of the book that established Anderson's reputation. A classic of American naturalism. This is the first issue with line 5 of page 86 reading "lay" and broken type in the word "the" in line 3 of page 251. Sheehy & Lohf 9.

Octavo. Original yellow cloth with paper spine label, top edge yellow, printed dust jacket (a little soiling overall, spine panel toned and with some rubbing at ends, a few short closed tears); custom box. Provenance: Jean Hersholt (bookplate in box) – Christie's East, 14 June 1995, lot 244.
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