Author: WILLIS, ELIZABETH
Title: Lesby
Description: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1931. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by N. C. Wyeth. frontispiece; This book has a color frontispiece by N. C. Wyeth. This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking the dust jacket. FIrst Edition, with both the letter A and seal on the copyright page. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping to the spine ends of the book cover. There is a very slight slant to the spine of the book. The text pages are clean and bright. There is some light, generalized toning to the endpapers. "Similarly, Elizabeth Willis's short novel, Lesby, published in Scribner's Magazine in 1930, depicts the title character with many of the same masculine characteristics.. Although they, too, are not enough to prevent Lesby from receiving a marriage proposal. Unable to commit to a wedding date for reasons readers can easily infer, Lesby does not endure the self-sacrificing..." (from The Masculine Woman in America 1890-1935 by Laura L. Behling). Very Good+ .
Keywords: Modern Fiction First Edition Elizabeth Willis N. C. Wyeth Sexuality Rural Life Farming
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Title: Lesby
Description: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1931. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by N. C. Wyeth. frontispiece; This book has a color frontispiece by N. C. Wyeth. This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking the dust jacket. FIrst Edition, with both the letter A and seal on the copyright page. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping to the spine ends of the book cover. There is a very slight slant to the spine of the book. The text pages are clean and bright. There is some light, generalized toning to the endpapers. "Similarly, Elizabeth Willis's short novel, Lesby, published in Scribner's Magazine in 1930, depicts the title character with many of the same masculine characteristics.. Although they, too, are not enough to prevent Lesby from receiving a marriage proposal. Unable to commit to a wedding date for reasons readers can easily infer, Lesby does not endure the self-sacrificing..." (from The Masculine Woman in America 1890-1935 by Laura L. Behling). Very Good+ .
Keywords: Modern Fiction First Edition Elizabeth Willis N. C. Wyeth Sexuality Rural Life Farming
Price: US$ 40.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 42457
- Book number: 42457
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