One Writer's Beginnings

Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press, 1984. Limited Edition. No. 70 of a signed, limited edition of 350. 9-1/2 x 6 inches. [14],104,[2]pp. Beige cloth with brown cloth tips, in brown slipcase. Fine; minor, faint spot of soiling to one panel of slipcase. Fine in Near Fine Slipcase. A collection of autobiographical essays recounting Welty's life and progression into being a writer. The book originated in Welty's lectures at Harvard for the inauguration of "The William E. Massey Sr Lectures in the History of American Civilization". Uncommon in the trade.