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All first editions unless noted; all 8vo or 12mo, unless noted. All dust jackets present unless noted. Condition ranges from good to fine. Marya was not a book collector. She was the youngest child of a popular novelist and the books show the casual wear and tear of a childhood gathering. Marya Manfred (1949-2022) grew up and attended elementary school in Bloomington, Minnesota. With her parents she moved to Luverne at age 10, and graduated from Luverne High School on 1967. She later moved to Colorado for a year to study singing, music composition, and piano performance. She then finished her bachelor's degree, majoring in Art, at the University of Minnesota. She later worked for the Consumer Survivor Network at Marshall before becoming a Certified Peer Specialist at Southwestern Mental Health Center in Worthington and Luverne, where she taught art therapy. Marya is survived by her sister, the poet Freya Manfred, and her husband, the screenwriter Thomas Pope, both of Stillwater, Minnesota, and two nephews, Nicholas Bly Pope and Ethan Rowan Pope, both of the Twin Cities. She was preceded in death by her parents, and her brother, Frederick Manfred, Jr. 1. Mulder, Rodney J., & John H. Timmerman. Frederick Manfred: A bibliography and Publishing History. Sioux Falls: Center for Western Studies, 1981. "For Marya on her birthday December 5 with love from Dad." 2. The Golden Bowl. Saint Paul: The Webb Publishing Company, 1944. First edition of the author's first book. Inscribed "8-3-1966 Dear Marya daughter - This book, fresh from a package I moved for you, is still as green as this ink. I remember the day when I got the very first one from the bindery - Your Dad, Frederick Manfred. Mulder & Timmerman A-1. 3. The Golden Bowl . Introduction by John R. Milton. Vermillion: University of South Dakota, 1969. First published in 1944, this is the 25th Anniversary Edition. Signed by Manfred on the front free endpaper. Mulder & Timmerman A-1e. 4. Boy Almighty. Saint Paul: Itasca Press, 1945. First edition "To yet another queen, one named Marya Feikema Manfred who is already doing on her piano what Eric only dreamed of doing while lying on his back. Your father, Frederick Feikema Manfred 8-17-1963." Also signed by Manfred on the title page. Mulder & Timmerman A-2. 5. This is the Year. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1947. Dust jacket worn with tears, but complete. "Christmas 1968 My dear daughter Marya, This new first edition I've saved for you all these years as you truly would(?) learn about Siouxland. Love, Dad." Also signed by Manfred on the title page. Mulder & Timmerman A-3. 6. This is the Year . With a new introduction by Max Westbrook. Boston: Gregg Press, 1979. Originally published in 1947. "Dear Marya, This tells of an old triumph as well as an old lament - the loss of love, and the subsequent search for it. Dad. 12-31-1983." Mulder & Timmerman A-3c. 7. The Chokecherry Tree. Denver: Alan Swallow, [1961]. Revised edition. Corner bumped, boards bowed. "Given to my daughter Marya Manfred this day, 4-7-1966, with all love for her flowering spirit- Frederick Manfred." Mulder & Timmerman A-4d. 8. The Chokecherry Tree . Introduction by Delbert E. Wylder. Albuquerque: University of Mexico Press, [1975]. Trade paperback. Short tear at the bottom of the front wrapper. Mulder & Timmerman A-4f. 9. Lord Grizzly. New York, Toronto, London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., [1954]. Dust jacket worn. "To my lovely daughter Marya Manfred who has straight-seeing eyes and who has fingertips that speak- your father - Frederick Manfred 3-4-1962 (The year of the great snow)." "With love - Frederick F. Manfred 9-6-1954" on dedication page. Mulder & Timmerman A-8. 10. Lord Grizzly. New York: Signet Classics, 1964. No inscriptions. 11. Lord Grizzly . With a new introduction by Joseph M. Flora. Boston: Gregg Press, 1980. First published in 1954. Issued as vol. 2 in The Buckskin Man Tales. Signed by Manfred on the title page. Not in Mulder & Timmerman. 12.
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