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DEAREST WILDING: A Memoir. With Love Letters from Theodore Dreiser. (Edited, with an introduction and annotations, by Thomas P. Riggio). SIGNED byYvette Eastman.
by Dreiser, Theodore; Eastman, Yvette
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, (1995)., (1995).. Very good. - Octavo, rust brown cloth titled in gilt on the spine in a dust wrapper. The top edge of the dust jacket is lightly creased & there is a very light circular glue mark to the front panel, apparently where a sticker has been removed. xiv, [i] & 220 pages plus colophon. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper.
First edition.
Signed by Yvette Eastman on the half-title.
The sixteen-year-old Yvette Eastman met Theodore Dreiser in 1928 when he was fifty-eight. He became her lover and remained central to her life, as lover, father figure and mentor, until his death in 1945.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18792
- Title
- DEAREST WILDING: A Memoir. With Love Letters from Theodore Dreiser. (Edited, with an introduction and annotations, by Thomas P. Riggio). SIGNED byYvette Eastman.
- Author
- Dreiser, Theodore; Eastman, Yvette
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, (1995).
- Date Published
- (1995).
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- LITERATURE; MEMOIR; DEAREST WILDING; YVETTE EASTMAN; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; AUTHOR; AMERICAN; THEODORE DREISER; LOVE LETTERS; THOMAS P. RIGGIO; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.
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About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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