From Death to Morning
by WOLFE, Thomas
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Palm Springs, California, United States
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About This Item
New York Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935., 1935. First edition ("A" and publisher's seal); first state binding (brown cloth, gilt and blindstamped spine, upper cover stamped gilt, top edge stained orange). 8vo. Dust jacket (unclipped; few nicks). Very good. Gift ink inscription of the front free endpaper (not author's). One of 7500 copies, published November 14, 1935, with erratum on page 59 ("rer" for "her") present. Preston #4.. F. Hardcover.
Synopsis
Wolfe's third published book, and his first of short stories, this collection contains his popular "Only the Dead Know Brooklyn," written in a Brooklyn dialect.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Houle Rare Books & Autographs (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7766
- Title
- From Death to Morning
- Author
- WOLFE, Thomas
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- F
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935.
- Date Published
- 1935
- Keywords
- LITERATURE
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