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The Sacrilege of Alan Kent

The Sacrilege of Alan Kent

The Sacrilege of Alan Kent - 1936

by CALDWELL, Erskine; Ralph Frizzell, illus

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Portland, ME: Falmouth Book House, 1936. First printing, trade issue. Large octavo (25.5cm.); original cloth boards, titled in red on spine; pictorial dustjacket; 57pp; 8 leaves of plates after wood engravings by Ralph Frizzell. A square, tight copy in the original dustwrapper, a bit toned on spine and extremities, price clipped, with a few short closed tears at extremities; Very Good.

First separate printing of this novella that first appeared in Caldwell's first story collection, American Earth (1931). A spare, rather bleak autobiographical tale, perhaps suited to the public's mood in 1936. There was a simultaneous limited issue of 300 signed copies.
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Details

  • Title The Sacrilege of Alan Kent
  • Author CALDWELL, Erskine; Ralph Frizzell, illus
  • Publisher Falmouth Book House, Portland, ME
  • Date 1936
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 52703

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