[WYETH, Newell Convers, illustrator]. -- RAWLINGS, Majorie Kinnan. The Yearling. 1939. LIMITED EDITION. SIGNED BY WYETH AND RAWLINGS.
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[WYETH, Newell Convers (1882-1945), illustrator]. -- RAWLINGS, Majorie Kinnan (1896-1953). The Yearling. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1939.
Small 4to. 14 full-page color plates and 2 monochrome plates after Wyeth, facsimile letter. (Front hinge slightly starting.) Original teal cloth stamped in gilt, top edge gilt, color illustrated endpapers (few small stains to joints); publisher's folding card chemise with label and slipcase (spines sunned and with light edgewear).
LIMITED EDITION, one of 750 copies, SIGNED BY WYETH AND RAWLINGS, from a total edition of 770.
[With:] WYETH. -- FOX, John, Jr. The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1931. Small 4to. 16 tipped-in color plates after Wyeth. Original vellum-backed cloth, top edge gilt, others uncut; publisher's presentation box with label (light edgewear and soiling). LIMITED EDITION, number 247 of 512 copies SIGNED BY WYETH.
Together, 2 works in 2 volumes, BOTH SIGNED BY WYETH.
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