Description
The “Autographed Edition” Good-Bye Wisconsin, signed by the author, Glenway Wescott.
Octavo, [8], 362pp. Quarter beige cloth, blue paper boards. Label with limitation number on the spine. Faint soiling to the spine, internally a fine example. Solid text block. Publisher’s cardboard slipcase, with title and limitation on the side panel, Includes the original purchase invoice from “Philip C. Duschnes” in New York.
From a limited edition of 250 copies signed by the author, this being number 35.
Glenway Wescott (1901-1987) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and essayist, associated with the expatriate literary scene of the 1920s. A Wisconsin native, he gained early recognition with The Apple of the Eye (1924) and The Grandmothers (1927), and later produced notable works such as The Pilgrim Hawk (1940) and Apartment in Athens (1945), as well as the story collection Good-bye, Wisconsin (1928).
