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PORTER, Katherine Anne (1890-1980). Ship of Fools. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1962.
8o. Original mustard-yellow cloth (some light dampstaining); dust jacket (some minor darkening along spine, some minor rubbing along edges); quarter morocco folding case. Provenance: Tom Kochery (presentation inscription).
FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY inscribed by Porter on the half-title: "For Tom Kochery From Katherine Anne Porter 20 April 1976 'It doth make a difference whence cometh a man's joy.' St. Augustine -- Confessions." Porter's novel about a ship of passengers traveling from from Mexico to Europe was the basis for a 1965 film starring Vivien Leigh, José Ferrer, and Lee Marvin.
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FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY inscribed by Porter on the half-title: "For Tom Kochery From Katherine Anne Porter 20 April 1976 'It doth make a difference whence cometh a man's joy.' St. Augustine -- Confessions." Porter's novel about a ship of passengers traveling from from Mexico to Europe was the basis for a 1965 film starring Vivien Leigh, José Ferrer, and Lee Marvin.