WOLFE, Thomas (1900-1938). Of Time and the River. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935.
Sale 1335 - Fine Literature from the Collection of Richard C. McKenzie
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WOLFE, Thomas (1900-1938). Of Time and the River. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935.
8vo. Original black cloth, upper cover and spine blocked in green and gold (spine slightly sunned); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (very slight chipping). Provenance: Maude Daniel Corser (presentation inscription, bookplate).
FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY WOLFE: "For Maude Daniel Corser Sincerely, with best wishes Thomas Wolfe Nov 22, 1935." Wolfe's second novel was well-received by the public, becoming his only American bestseller. It received front-page reviews in the New York Times and the New York Herald Tribune. In his review of the work for The New Republic, Malcolm Cowley asserted that Wolfe was the "only contemporary writer who can be mentioned in the same breath as Dickens and Dostoevsky."
Fine Literature from the Collection of Richard C. McKenzie
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