A Relevant Memoir, The Story of the Equinox Cooperative Press

New York: Three Mountains Press, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. At the very bottom of the Great Depression in the United States, a group of young men and women in and around the book business formed a cooperative corporation dedicated to publishing works of literary significance that commercially-minded publishers were neglecting and to publishing such works in ways that enabled the graphic arts to illuminate as well as enhance an author's meaning."-front flap. Among the authors the cooperative published were William Faulkner, Conrad Aiken, Lynd Ward, Thomas Mann, etc.

With a Foreword by Lynd Ward and a bibliography.

111 pages. First edition (first printing, with no later printings indicated). A very good copy in a very good dust jacket which is slightly faded at the spine. This copy is signed by Hart, who was a cooperative member, and Lynd Ward, who was also. "For Chandler Grannis with good thoughts & wishes. Henry Hart", then "and every good wish-Lynd Ward." The recipient was a long-time writer and editor for Publisher's Weekly.