Novelists speak
Subtitle: American fiction in the 1940s
By: compiled and edited by Mary Chenoweth Stratton with an introduction by Robert Streeter ; illustrated by Sarah Provoncha
Contributors: Press of Appletree Alley
Series: Ellen Clarke Bertrand Library limited editions; Ellen Clarke Bertrand Library limited editions
Publisher: Ellen Clarke Bertrand Library; Printed for The Press of Appletree Alley at The Greenleaf Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: [Lewisburg, Pa.]; Conway, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 58
Subjects: American fiction; History and criticism
Notes: Prior to the 1951 publication of his book, American novelists today, Harry R. Warfel sent letters to authors profiled in his book requesting verification of proposed biographical facts and asking for comments about their novels, themes chosen, and ideas conveyed.  This book is a selection of response letters by thirteen of the authors Warfel contacted.

"This edition of 100 numbered copies was hand-set in Garamond type and printed on Rives Heavyweight paper by Carl Darrow at The Greenleaf Press, using the No. 4 Vandercook Proof Press formerly at the shop on Appletree Alley.  Design and technical assistance were provided by Press Associates Juanita Bishop and Ann de Klerk.  Books were hand-bound by Don Rash"--Colophon.

Rare Book copy: No. 38.
Table of contents: title: Editor's preface; title: Warfel's letter; title: Introduction; title: Saul Bellow; title: Kay Boyle; title: John Dos Passos; title: Martha Gellhorn; title: Ernest Hemingway; title: Fannie Hurst; title: Zora Neale Hurston; title: Henry Miller; title: Christopher Morley; title: Anais Nin; title: Lillian Smith; title: Wallace Stegner; title: Glenway Wescott.