Alexander Woollcott

Mrs. Fiske

originally published:
New York : Century
1917

We offered this copy of the first issue of the first edition, in the scarce original dustwrapper, in our List 49.

awards:

  • First Book(1917)

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bio notes:
born: 1/19/1887
died: 1/23/1943
born as: Alexander Humphreys Woollcott

American author, critic, and actor known for his acerbic wit. He was the self-appointed leader of the Algonquin Round Table, an informal luncheon club at New York City's Algonquin Hotel in the 1920s and '30s. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature

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