Published in Paris

The dust jackets reads: The private publishers of Paris. They arrived from America and England over a half century ago as part of the constant stream of expatriate writers, painters, and dreamers. And whether a result of desperation or personal design, they found their permanent niches in literary history by being remarkable midwives to a generation of remarkable genius ...... among whom were Sylvia Beach Robert McAlmon, Bill Bird, Harry and Caresse Crosby, Nancy Cunard, Samuel Putnam, Edward Titus, and Jack Kahane.