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WOLFE, Thomas (1900-1938). Look Homeward, Angel. A Story of the Buried Life. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929.
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WOLFE, Thomas (1900-1938). Look Homeward, Angel. A Story of the Buried Life. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929.
A fine first edition of Wolfe’s first and greatest book, in the first state dust jacket. The Manney copy. Look Homeward, Angel is the first of Wolfe's four thinly veiled autobiographical novels. Wolfe's controversial first book met immediate acclaim; the following year, Sinclair Lewis named Wolfe among the most promising of the younger generation of writers in his Nobel prize speech. Johnson A2.1.2.
Octavo (193 x 130mm). Original blue publisher’s cloth, original printed dust jacket with Wolfe's photo by Doris (slight edgewear to jacket); red morocco folding case. Provenance: Richard Manney (his sale, Sotheby's New York, 11 October 1991, lot 320).
A fine first edition of Wolfe’s first and greatest book, in the first state dust jacket. The Manney copy. Look Homeward, Angel is the first of Wolfe's four thinly veiled autobiographical novels. Wolfe's controversial first book met immediate acclaim; the following year, Sinclair Lewis named Wolfe among the most promising of the younger generation of writers in his Nobel prize speech. Johnson A2.1.2.
Octavo (193 x 130mm). Original blue publisher’s cloth, original printed dust jacket with Wolfe's photo by Doris (slight edgewear to jacket); red morocco folding case. Provenance: Richard Manney (his sale, Sotheby's New York, 11 October 1991, lot 320).