Portage Wisconsin and Other Essays by Gale, Zona - 1943

NY: KNOPF. 1928, 1928-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 7x5x1. Ex-Library hardcover no dj (blue boards) in very nice condition. Library stamp inside.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 19228. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. First edition. Owner signature and handsome bookplate on front endleaves and spine just a bit toned, topedge darkened, near fine in a spine-toned, good only dust jacket split at the upper shoulder, with one vertical split on the spine and small chips along the edges.

New York, A. A. Knopf, 1928. First Edition. Hardback. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 214 pages; Description: 6 p. L. , [3]-214 p. , 1 l. 19 cm. Subjects: Essays - Criticism - Biographical commentaries.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. Collection of essays by the Pulitzer Prize-winning Wisconsin author, a journalist, activist, & early feminist. First edition (first printing) with same date on title & copyright pages, no later printings noted. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured; binding design by W. A. Dwiggins. Light wear to book, minor bumping to corners; jacket shows minor edgewear, short tears, tiny faint stain, light chipping - most notably to the head of the spine. Text clean; [10], 214 pages + colophon, b/w frontispiece woodcut by Bennett, photo of Eliza Beers - the author's mother & subject of one essay. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Richard Bennett. 5¾" by 7¾".

PORTAGE, WISCONSIN AND OTHER ESSAYS, Knopf, 1928, first edition, a tight vg+ copy. INSCRIBED by the author and dated a year after publication.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1929. Second Printing. HB. Blue cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, 12mo, 214 pp. Signed and inscribed by the author as follows: "To Fola La Follette-She knew and was near to "Father" and Eliza Beers. Zona Gale, Portage, Wisconsin, November, 1929." Eliza Beers was Zona Gale's mother. and Fola La Follette was the daughter of progressive politician Robert "Fighting Bob" La Follette and lawyer and women's suffrage leader Belle Case. Zona Gale was raised in Portage, Wisconsin and lived most of her life there. She was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1921. No marks in book, binding tight. Spine lettering sunned. A nice association copy. Book condition VG.