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Wolfe, Thomas. From Death to Morning. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1935.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 304p octavo, A very good copy in a very good dust jacket, closed tear to the foredge of the rear jacket. Film star Jean Hersholt's copy with his bookplate and signed by him on the bookplate. Hersholt was a Danish-American actor who starred in Erich von Stroheim's films but is remembered for the radio series "Dr. Christian (1937-1954) and th film "Heidi" playing the beloved grandfather to Shirley Temple.
Seller: Old New York Book Shop, ABAA, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Price: US$3400.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Hardcover. Wolfe, Thomas. FROM DEATH TO MORNING. Inscribed Presentation Copy. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. 8vo., 304pp. First Edition, first issue with Scribner's "A" on the copyright page and "rer" for "her" on page 59, line 21. Wolfe's first collection of short stories. Lovely Presentation Copy, neatly inscribed in blue-black fountain pen on the front free endpaper, "For Paulette Goddard / Sincerely / Thomas Wolfe / Nov 16 1935". (2 days after the date of publication). Laid in is a Certificate of Provenance dated and signed by Jonathan Meredith, the son of Actor/Director Burgess Meredith certifying that this book came from the collection of his father, who was married to Paulette Goddard in the 1940's. One of Wolfe's most esteemed collections of short stories inclusive of, Death The Proud Brother, Only the Dead Know Brooklyn, The Four Lost Men and The Web of Earth. One of 7500 copies, published November 14, 1935. A very good example showing modest use, in a very good or better bright dustwrapper that has been very neatly restored, primarily at the extremities, housed in a custom TBCL clamshell presentation case in very fine condition. Preston 4, Johnston A4.I.a. Pauline Goddard was one of the most colourful actresses of her day; married to & worked with Meredith, 1943-1949. A Ziegfeld showgirl in the '20's, has an affair with Chaplin and marries him, has an affair with Gershwin, hangs out with Spencer Tracy and David Niven, Howard Hughes, has a fling with Clark Gable; has her portrait painted by Diego Rivera, becomes tight with Anita Loos, and marries Erich Maria Remarque for the long haul.
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada
WOLFE, Thomas. From Death to Morning. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1935.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Octavo, 304pp. A presentation copy, SIGNED and INSCRIBED on the front free endpaper two days before the official publication date: "For Louis and Ann De Forest - with the best wishes & thanks of a friend who sincerely values their friendship & belief in what he does, Tom Wolfe, Nov. 12, 1935." Gilt lettering on the spine a bit rubbed, otherwise a fine copy in lightly worn jacket, very good or better, preserved in a handsome custom-made half-morocco slipcase. .
Seller: Cleveland Book Company, ABAA, Rocky River, OH, U.S.A.