TYLER, Anne. If Morning Ever Comes. -- The Tin Can Tree. BOTH FIRST EDITIONS OF TYLER'S FIRST 2 BOOKS, ONE INSCRIBED.
Sale 2037 - Summer Reading
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Jun 25, 2024
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TYLER, Anne (b. 1941). If Morning Ever Comes. New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1964.
8vo. Original cloth-backed boards decorated in blind, spine gilt-lettered, top edge stained red (slight fading to top edge, a touch of soiling to sheet edges); dust jacket (very slight chipping).
FIRST EDITION OF TYLER'S FIRST NOVEL.
[With:] TYLER, Anne. The Tin Can Tree. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1965. 8vo. Original cloth-backed boards decorated in blind, spine gilt-lettered, top edge stained yellow (slight fading to top edge); in unclipped unrestored dust jacket (some light toning, slight chipping with a few short tears). Provenance: Ken Hubner (inscription from Anne Tyler on the title-page).
FIRST EDITION. INSCRIBED BY TYLER: "For Ken Hubner, with best wishes, Anne Tyler." The Tin Can Tree, Tyler's scarce second novel, follows the Pike family as they mourn the accidental death of their six-year-old daughter.
This lot is located in Chicago.
Fine Literature from the Collection of Richard C. McKenzie
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