MEMORIES OF A CATHOLIC GIRLHOOD -First American Edition Signed by The Author-
by Mary McCarthy
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1957. First American Edition . Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo (246 pages; illustrated with black and white photographs). A very good copy of the First American edition signed by the author in ink on the front free endpaper. The unclipped dust jacket is a bit edge-toned and modestly faded at the spine, with tiny edge-chips and fractional losses at the head, tail and folds of the spine and around the edges and flap folds. The is a faint glue remnant on the rear free endpaper. The elaborate bookplate of the notorious Broadway singer/actress Libby Holman [Reynolds] is affixed to the front endpaper.
Synopsis
This unique autobiography begins with McCarthy’s recollections of an indulgent, idyllic childhood tragically altered by the death of her parents in the influenza epidemic of 1918. Tempering the need to fictionalize for the sake of a good story with the need for honesty, she creates interchapters that tell the reader what she has inferred or invented. Photographs.
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- Bookseller
- Chartwell Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 141093
- Title
- MEMORIES OF A CATHOLIC GIRLHOOD -First American Edition Signed by The Author-
- Author
- Mary McCarthy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover in Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1957
- Size
- 8vo (246 pages; illustrated with
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