A short life of the author
Walter Sutton was an American literary scholar whose work spans literary criticism and the history of the book trade in America.
Major Works
Ezra Pound — a critical study of the modernist poet, contributing to the scholarly literature on one of the most complex and controversial figures in twentieth-century poetry.
The Western Book Trade — a study of publishing, bookselling, and the distribution of books in the American West, documenting the infrastructure through which literature and ideas reached frontier and western communities. This kind of book-trade history is an important complement to literary history, showing how the material conditions of publishing shaped what Americans read.
Collecting Sutton
Sutton’s works are academic publications collected by scholars of American literary history and the history of the book. First editions are modestly priced and available through academic book dealers.