MITCHELL, Joseph

McSorley's Wonderful Saloon

First edition. Tiny new bookstore label on the front pastedown, foxing to the endpapers, and a little lightening in the gutters, else near fine in a nice, near fine dustwrapper with a few very short tears. A very attractive copy of this poorly manufactured wartime volume, the author's exceptionally scarce second book. Reprinted many times, it may seem that this is a common book but the first edition is practically unobtainable in acceptable condition. Mitchell, whose death a few years ago generated a remarkable outpouring of affection and homage, is again garnering acclaim after having fallen out of the public eye for the last thirty years. His works for The New Yorker, from which these pieces were culled, are among the best writings about New York ever done.

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