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Homage to Theodore Dreiser
by WARREN, Robert Penn
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1971. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Publisher's full dark blue morocco gilt, raised bands, top edges gilt, blue marbled endpapers. Robert Penn Warren's own copy, Warren Inscribed the title page in black ink: "After Random House became my publisher, Bennett Cerf was accustomed to sending me special copy (such as this) of each new book, autographed by him. This special copy was the last of such copies & not a present from Bennett. RPW." Cerf had died in 1971, and presumably was either dead or too sick to inscribed this title to Warren. A further contemporaneous pencil note by Stuart Wright (publisher of the Paleomon Press that published a great deal of Southern Literature in the last quarter of the 20th Century): "Presented to me in May 1986 and identified on title page at my request as author's copy. SW." A portion of Wright's Library formed the nucleus for Eastern Carolina's spectacular Southern Literature collection.
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- Bookseller
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 395806
- Title
- Homage to Theodore Dreiser
- Author
- WARREN, Robert Penn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- AssociationCopy, LitCrit, AmerLit20thCent, SouthernAuthor/Interest
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Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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Gloucester City, New Jersey
About Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., founded in 1985, specializes in first editions of 20th Century American and English fiction. Our inventory of over 75,000 first editions includes: African-American literature & history, Mysteries, Detective Fiction, Drama, Books into Film and Sports books. We routinely issue extensively illustrated color catalogs, available by subscription. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA)and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB). Tom Congalton, founder of Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., actively promotes the ethics and standards of these professional organizations and served as President of the ABAA from 2000 to 2002.
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