DREISER, THEODORE. An American Tragedy. 2 volumes. Titles printed in blue and black. Large 8vo, original cloth-backed boards, small stains to spines, short fray at top of front joint on vol. 1; discreet booklabels; lacking slipcase. first limited edition. number 449 of 795 copies signed by dreiser. From the Estate of Kenneth Silverman, a Pulitzer-winning biographer. Mr. Silverman was a specialist in Colonial American literature and the co-director of the program in American civilization at New York University. Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone. New York: Boni & Liveright, 1925