The Catherine Wheel

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1952).

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Hardcover. First edition. Fine in just about fine dustwrapper with a bit of tanning to the white spine lettering of the jacket. Inscribed by the author to her close friend, the poet and poetry editor of *The New Yorker*, Howard Moss: "For Howard with love from Jean."

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Item #66210 The Catherine Wheel. Jean STAFFORD.

Jean Stafford
birth name: Jean Stafford
born: 7/1/1915
died: 3/26/1979
nationality: USA

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Biography

American short-story writer and novelist noted for her deft development of fictional characters. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literaturemore

Collecting tips:

Stafford was married to Robert Lowell, and later to A.J. Liebling. Her early books are not rare, but are scarce in nice condition. They generally are not very expensive. Her Pulitzer Prize-winning Collected Stories (1969) isn't expensive either. However, very cheap paper was used, and if you find one where the pages aren't yellowed, you should probably buy it (the same is true of Larry McMurtry's Terms of Endearment, which suffers from the same problem).more