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WOLFE, THOMAS. 1900-1938. The Story of a Novel. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. image 1
WOLFE, THOMAS. 1900-1938. The Story of a Novel. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. image 2
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WOLFE, THOMAS. 1900-1938.
The Story of a Novel. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936.

5 December 2019, 10:00 EST
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WOLFE, THOMAS. 1900-1938.

The Story of a Novel. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. 8vo. Publisher's original red cloth, blocked in black, and lettered in gilt, original dust jacket, spine lightly faded.
Provenance: Maurice G. ______? (inscribed by the author, last name obscured by early flag sticker).

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED IN THE YEAR OF PUBLICATION, For Maurice G. [obscured by sticker], / Sincerely, / Thomas Wolfe / June 23, 1936." Wolfe's autobiographical tribute to his editor Maxwell Perkins, "not only the greatest editor of his time, but man whose character is also a character of immense and patient wisdom and gentle but unyielding fortitude." Johnston A5.1.a.


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