The Dolphin: A Periodical for All People Who Find Pleasure in Fine Books Number 4 Fall 1940 Part 1

by Peter Beilenson (Editor), Carl Purington Rollins (Editor), Paul A. Bennett (Editor)

The Fall, 1940, issue of the legendary magazine about books. Edited by Peter Beilenson, Carl Purington Rollins, Paul A. Bennett, and John T. Winterich; contributions by Lawrence G. Blochman, Holbrook Jackson, Jacob Blanck, Edward Larocque Tinker, Edgar Allan Poe, and others. Artwork by William Sharp, Fritz Kredel, Valenti Angelo, W.A. Dwiggins, etc. Articles Aldine Folio Murders; Printer as Author or Author as Printer; The Glory that was Persia; Edward Lear, Laureate of Nonsense; Poe's "The Purloined Letter;" The Author Looks at His Book with William Saroyan, Sinclair Lewis, George Bernard Shaw, William McFee, Sherwood Anderson, etc.; Book Collecting; and more. 124 pages; b&w reproductions throughout; 8.5 x 12 inches.

124 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1940