Lolly Willowes & Mr. Fortune’s Maggot
by WARNER, SYLVIA TOWNSEND
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Santa Barbara, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Viking, 1966. First Edition. One of 600 unnumbered advance copies of the 40th Anniversary Edition of Lolly Willowes & Mr. Fortune’s Maggot, specially designed as a Christmas presentation for friends of the author and the publishers with the publisher’s printed seasonal greeting laid in. The printed dedication to this special one-volume edition reads: “This edition is dedicated by the publishers to the memories of Heywood Brown, Henry Seidel Canby, Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Christopher Morley, [and] William Allen White, the original judges of the Book-of-the-Month Club who chose Lolly Willowes as the Club’s first selection, and to the memory of Carl Van Doren who chose Mr. Fortune’s Maggot as one of the early selections of the Literary Guild.” Illustrated with wood engravings by Reynolds Stone. Near fine copy with a touch of darkening around the edges without dust jacket as issued.
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Details
- Seller
- James Pepper Rare Books, Inc. (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 11420E
- Title
- Lolly Willowes & Mr. Fortune’s Maggot
- Author
- WARNER, SYLVIA TOWNSEND
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1966
Terms of Sale
James Pepper Rare Books, Inc.
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About the Seller
James Pepper Rare Books, Inc.
Biblio member since 2005
Santa Barbara, California
About James Pepper Rare Books, Inc.
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