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AGEE, James (1909-1955). Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1941.
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AGEE, James (1909-1955). Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1941.
8o. Photographically illustrated by Walker Evans. Original cloth; dust jacket (some very minor edgewear and soiling). Provenance: Philip Krapp (blindstamp on front free endpaper). FIRST EDITION.
[With:] Permit Me Voyage. New Haven, 1934. -- The Morning Watch. Boston, 1951. -- A Death in the Family. New York, 1957. -- Agee of Film. New York, 1958-60. 2 volumes. -- Letters of James Agee to Father Flye New York, 1962. -- Four Early Stories. Cummington Press, 1964. 2o. With etchings by Keith Achepohl, each signed in pencil. LIMITED EDITION, number 75 of 285 copies. Together 6 volumes, all but the last 8o, original bindings, dust jackets, all FIRST EDITIONS. (8)
8o. Photographically illustrated by Walker Evans. Original cloth; dust jacket (some very minor edgewear and soiling). Provenance: Philip Krapp (blindstamp on front free endpaper). FIRST EDITION.
[With:] Permit Me Voyage. New Haven, 1934. -- The Morning Watch. Boston, 1951. -- A Death in the Family. New York, 1957. -- Agee of Film. New York, 1958-60. 2 volumes. -- Letters of James Agee to Father Flye New York, 1962. -- Four Early Stories. Cummington Press, 1964. 2o. With etchings by Keith Achepohl, each signed in pencil. LIMITED EDITION, number 75 of 285 copies. Together 6 volumes, all but the last 8o, original bindings, dust jackets, all FIRST EDITIONS. (8)