Lowman & Hanford - Seattle Booksellers' Guide to New Books
For the month of June, Seattle booksellers Lowman & Hanford Co. present their monthly publication, Books of the Month . For June 1921, that is. This advertising booklet is subtitled, A concise guide to the new books prepared for the customers of Lowman & Hanford Co. , located at First Avenue and Cherry Street in Seattle. At first glance, I would suspect "concise" fits this small 3 X 6 inch booklet, but a closer inspection reveals how much material is crammed into 34 pages, beyond the scope of concise, for new reading suggestions. There's too much to list here, but I'll touch on some of the highlights. Respected Western writers Eugene Manlove Rhodes and William MacLeod Raine had new books out this month in 1921. Rhodes' book was titled Stepsons of Light , while Raine's novel was called Gunsight Pass . Edgar Guest and Booth Tarkenton were the big names of the day for this guide. Their new books were When Day is Done and Alice Adams respectively. O...