Author: BIRMINGHAM, Stephen
Title: The Late John Marquand: A Biography
Description: Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott Company, 1972. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering, dust jacket. xiii, 322pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Faint jacket edgewear only. Attractive, tight first edition of this biography of the Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist (1893-1960) best known for "The Late George Apley" -- signed enormously hugely by the late Birmingham (1929-2015) in black fineline on the front flyleaf and with choice autograph addition: Tipped to inner flyleaf is a good content Typed Letter Signed from Marquand, 1p 7¼" X 10½", New York, NY, 16 May 1939. Addressed to noted Lincoln and Civil War scholar Arnold F. Gates (1914-93). On his personal "One Beekman Place" letterhead, Marquand tells this admirer "It means a great deal to any writer to get such a kind letter as yours about my novel 'Wickford Point.' I am particularly pleased to hear that it is going well in Cleveland because I had been afraid that its appeal might be confined to only Massachusetts." He goes on, "I have a good deal of general knowledge -- most of it inaccurate -- but I am very bad on definite facts. Thus I am afraid I shall be small help on 'Information Please' tonight and I send you my apologies now.." Signed boldly in full in black ink. .

Keywords: Literary Biography


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