Item #37731 Penhally [SIGNED AND INSCRIBED TO AUTHOR'S COUSIN]. Caroline GORDON.
Penhally [SIGNED AND INSCRIBED TO AUTHOR'S COUSIN]

Penhally [SIGNED AND INSCRIBED TO AUTHOR'S COUSIN]. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1931.

First Edition. Carl W. Bertsch dustjacket art. Southern author's first novel. "The talented wife of Allen Tate has built this novel upon the vicissitudes of a house and family during one century of American life. As the tide of the Civil War rolls over the old mansion, two cousins, representing the opposing family groups, are rivals for the same girl. Lee's surrender finds the family sadly shattered but the mansion unchanged. Then, in the rise of the New South, the family's final destiny unfolds". This copy nicely signed and inscribed by Gordon to her cousin Alice Lee in 1931 at front endpaper. Very Good, some spotting to cloth, in Good dustjacket, nickel sized chip at top spine end, some clear tape at spine ends and flap corners, modest wear and darkening.

Price: $1,200.00

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