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First edition, with a lengthy inscription by Sherwood Anderson

ANDERSON, SHERWOOD

Poor White

New York: B.W. Heubsch, 1920
  • $750.00

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY SHERWOOD ANDERSON.

“Dear David… One incident about the writing of this book will amuse you. The murder of Jim Gibson was written at the back of a little boat-laying place in Mobile Alabama while some sailors at a nearby table discussed the divinity of Christ. Sherwood Anderson.”

Octavo, original blue cloth. Dust jacket lacking. Spine sunned, light wear at spine head. A handsome copy with a superb inscription.