Fear is the Thorn [inscribed, with ephemera]

Rachel Lyman Field

Published by The Macmillan Company, 1936

Fine; a little bumping to head and tail of spine; offsetting to endpapers from the ephemera tipped in and laid in there; else As New. In a Fair dust jacket with wear to edges and folds; spine tanned and stained; in a brodart sleeve. First Edition. Inscribed (but not signed) by the author on the first free page: "For Elizabeth, after an unforgettable first visit to Santa Barbara, 1937" (attached to rear pastedown is the bookstore label of Tecolote Bookshop, still operating in Santa Barbara); tipped in below is a portrait of the author cut from a magazine, and the notation "Died - March 15 - 1942". On the front pastedown is tipped in the 1939 birth announcement of the author's child Hanna. Originally attached to the rear pastedown with transparent tape, now laid in, is a photo of the author and her husband; written below is "Rachel & Arthur [Pederson] on Sutton Island" and on the back "This is the nicest Easter card I could send you - not very good, but taken just by our house on Sutton Island the summer they were married - 1935." The author spent her summers at her house on Sutton Island in Maine during the 1020s and 30s. Also laid in is a twice-folded card that reprints the author's short poem "The Uncharted"; on the facing page is the inscription "This was written and published very recently and we [?] it by chance. We are sending it to many friends". Below is printed "Reprinted from The New Yorker, March 14, 1942". Since Rachel died the following day, the inscription is probably by Arthur. Seller Inventory # 489

Bibliographic Details

Title: Fear is the Thorn [inscribed, with ephemera]
Publisher: The Macmillan Company
Publication Date: 1936
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition.
Book Type: Book