Welty eudora 1909 2001 beth krush illustrator (2 risultati)

Second edition, first printing (per publisher's number line upon copyright page). 88 pages. Hardcover; H 23.25cm x L 15.75cm. Dust jacket lightly rubbed with slight toning. Yellow cloth spine with blue boards. Ink ownership inscription on front pastedown mostly hidden underneath dj's front flap. A very good+ copy in a very good dust jacket. THE SHOE BIRD, Eudora Welty's only children's story, was first published in 1964 by Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc. Per the anecdotal account of a fellow resident of Jackson, Mississippi's Belhaven neighborhood, Welty once professed to authoring THE SHOE BIRD in order to raise funds to repair the porch of her Tudor-style home which is now, of course, a National Historic Landmark. The first edition of this book is cited as #A14:1 in Noel Polk's EUDORA WELTY; A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HER WORK but Polk was unable to include this second edition (which would have been #A14:2) within his authoritative reference. ISBN 0878056688. Krush, Beth (illustratore).…

First printing, first printing (with publisher's requisite statement for former upon copyright page) INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ALONG WITH HER HANDWRITTEN CORRECTION ON PAGE 72. 88 pages. Hardcover: H 23.5cm x L 15.75cm. Dust jacket rubbed with some soiling and creasing; chips and tears at edges and folds; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Yellow cloth, scuffing at lightly bumped spine ends, slight scuffing along top and bottom board edges. Welty's three-line ink inscription "For Cathy and Melinda | with best wishes, | Eudora Welty" upon the front free endpaper accompanied Welty's handwritten emendation of four musical notes (although this example drawn without staff/stave and clef) and "No . . . shoes!" between the second and third text lines at the top of page 72 due to the publisher's accidental omission of same. Interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. A very good+ copy in a good+ dust jacket. THE SHOE BIRD is Eudora Welty's only children's story and is cited as #A14:1 in Noel Polk's EUDORA WELTY; A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HER WORK.…