Porter, Katherine Anne [1890 - 1980] — NOON WINE

Detroit: Schuman's, 1937. 1st Edition. SIGNED / LIMITED, # 42 of 250 cc. Textured brown paper-wrapped boards, printed title labels, slipcase. Book protected by a custom-cut clear mylar wrapper. [4], 65, [3] pp. Fore-edge untrimmed. Royal 8vo. 10-1/4" x 6-5/8". Slight lean, hint of extremity wear. A VG+ book in a worn, Good slipcase, which has a piece missing on top & bottom edges. Porter "was an American journalist, essayist, short story writer, novelist, poet and political activist. Her 1962 novel Ship of Fools was the best-selling novel in America that year, but her short stories received much more critical acclaim. In 1966, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the U.S. National Book Award for The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter.".