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Published in Hampton s Magazine, November, 1909; later collected in Strictly Business (1910). 59 pp., written in pencil on rectos of unruled paper; bound with the printed appearance of the story, pp. 599-608 in Hampton's Magazine. 1 vols. 4to (253 x 199 mm). A substantial autograph manuscript of a short story by the master of the short story. The first page of the manuscript is titled and signed, and includes the two epigraphs that appear in the print version of the story, while the second page unnumbered, but marked in pencil as "Dup" is also signed, seemingly titled "Nashville," and contains the first lines of the story. Written in response to the Frank Norris quote, used as one of the epigraphs: "Fancy a novel about Chicago or Buffalo, let us say, or Nashville, Tennessee! There are just three big cities in the United States that are "story cities" New York, of course, New Orleans, and, best of the lot, San Francisco," the story follows an unnamed narrator who visits Nashville to meet with a potential contributor to his literary magazine, only to become wrapped up in the intergenerational drama of three Southern Gothic characters. Clarkson, pp. 37-38 Green half-morocco binding with matching slipcase and chemise, a.e.g. Sheets evenly browned; the first leaf with some marginal chips and a repaired closed tear (crossing two lines of text); the second marked "Dup" in blue crayon; old pinholes at upper left corners or margins of leaves; a few other tiny marginal repairs; all well preserved and window-matted 59 pp., written in pencil on rectos of unruled paper; bound with the printed appearance of the story, pp. 599-608 in Hampton's Magazine. 1 vols. 4to (253 x 199 mm) Published in Hampton s Magazine, November, 1909; later collected in Strictly Business (1910). Seller Inventory # 369786
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