New York: Random House, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Inscribed by Stein on the front endpaper. Near Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($2.50), minimally rubbed at the edges, toned at the back panel. Grey buckram, foxed in the gutters, with red and black ink lettering and designs on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound with a black top stain, toned at the endpapers, clean otherwise. Stein's work of literary criticism that sees her analyze her own work as well as the writing of Chaucer, Shakespeare, Trollope, Whitman, Henry James, among others.