Description
The signed first edition, first printing of Postcards by Edna Ann Proulx, winner of the Faulkner Award.
Octavo, 308pp, [1]. Beige boards, title in black on orange cloth spine. The first printing, with a full number line on the copyright page. Light bumped lower edge of rear board, internally clean. In the publisher’s first state dust jacket, $22.95 retail price on the front flap, a touch of wear at the head of the spine, a fine example.
Signed on the title page: “For Allan / E. Annie Proulx.”
E. Annie Proulx (born August 22, 1935) is an American writer known for her novels and short stories set in rural North America. Her novel The Shipping News (1993) won both the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award. Proulx also received an O. Henry Award for her short fiction, including “Brokeback Mountain,” later adapted into a 2005 film. Her other works include Postcards, Accordion Crimes, That Old Ace in the Hole, Barkskins, and the Wyoming Stories collections.
