Search Results: Yearbooks from Charles Agvent

Shillington, PA, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Expected wear. Very Good. Published by the Senior Class of Shillington High School, Shillington, PA. Contains a dozen mentions/photos of Updike including a full-page devoted to him as the Class President with a photograph and what might be deemed a prose poem that has one correction in ink, possibly by Updike. Updike was also senior editor of the yearbook and contributes the Class Song and possibly another poem that has no attribution. He was also voted the "Wittiest." Much ink writing within by other students but none by Updike, all addressed to fellow student and former owner Mary Jean. An exceptionally early and scarce Updike item.

(Exeter, NH): (News-Letter Press), 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Bookplate of a senior class member on the front pastedown. Light foxing to a few pages at beginning and end, no writing inside; light rubbing to covers. Very Good. The 1928 yearbook for The Phillips Exeter Academy, James Agee's senior year, with 13 references to him including his senior photo with description, and 7 other photographs including him. In addition to belonging to the drama club and swim team, Agee won several prizes including the Merrill Prize for his composition "Catched." Uncommon survival and a glimpse of the young writer's life.

Milledgeville, GA: The Students of Georgia State College for Women, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. This volume belonged to a junior class member and contains a number of signatures but not, alas, O'Connor's. Mild soiling and wear. Overall Very Good . Quarto (9" x 12") in white cloth. Flannery O'Connor's freshman yearbook at the Georgia State College for Women containing her freshman picture, a photo of her in the Newman Club, a photo of her as a member of the literary journal staff, and mention of her in the Allegro Club. Flannery O'Connor was quite busy in her three years at Georgia State College for Women. She would eventually become a member and Editor of The Corinthian, the outlet for creative writing, the campus newspaper, the yearbook staff, the International Relations Club, the Town Girls' Club (for student relations) and, tellingly, the Newman Club, a group for Catholic students (in an overwhelming Protestant South). She was chosen by the student body as one of only twelve seniors (less… Read More