A Peculiar Treasure

Ferber, Edna [Joseph Linz]

Published by Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1939

About this Item

Later printing. Book appears unread; spine and spine ends show a touch of wear. Unclipped ($3.00) DJ shows edgewear and a crease on spine. Warmly inscribed by Ferber to Joseph Linz on front endpaper and dated Dallas, February 1940. Linz's New York address is in pencil above. A wonderful association copy: Linz was a member of two prominent Dallas families; in 1934, he moved to New York, but in 1940 he moved back to Texas to work as the film and drama critic of his father's newspaper, the Dallas Journal. That February, Linz related for a 1999 biography of Ferber, he "was tipped off [Ferber] was in town" and interviewed her at the Baker Hotel: "I had just finished A PECULIAR TREASURE, and, although I was a long-time Ferber fan, it was that book which made me know she was a great, great woman aside from being a fine writer." The two quickly became close friends, Linz went on to correspond regularly with Ferber nearly until her death in 1968 (their letters are archived at the Dallas Public Library), and this book is where the relationship began: It's Linz's personal copy of "A Peculiar Treasure," with the Manhattan address at which he lived when he bought it, inscribed by Ferber with the date and place of their first meeting. A great backstory, for a book that's surprisingly uncommon signed in trade edition (the signed limited edition is more easily found). 398 pages.

Seller Inventory # 3569

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Peculiar Treasure
• Publisher: Doubleday, Doran & Co.
• Publication Date: 1939
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fiction