[Rarebooks] FS: Theodore Dreiser's MY CITY, #2 of 275 Signed copies, INSCRIBED to his assistant

[Charles Agvent]

 From our latest internet-only catalogue: Spring 2008 containing 77 fine 
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DREISER,  Theodore.  MY CITY. New York: Horace  Liveright  [1929].
First  Edition.  Tall, thin folio (11-1/4" x 15-1/4") in  cloth-backed
wood-grained  boards, housed in the original box reproducing the cover
of  the book. Illustrated with eight etchings in color by Max  Pollak.
Dreiser's  homage to New York City limited to 275 copies SIGNED by the
author.  This is copy #2 and noted in ink as an "Author's Copy." It is
also  INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the limitation page:  "For
Marguerite   Harris/with  my  thanks   for/your  devoted  part/in   all
this/Dreiser/N.Y.  Dec  16-  1929."  Marguerite  Tjader  Harris  was a
beautiful  writer who was chosen by Dreiser in 1944 to be his creative
assistant  to help him finish THE BULWARK. Harris, a devoted  admirer,
took  on the task of helping him finish the novel that would provide a
financial  rescue for the author as well as capping his long, literary
career.  Light  spotting to front cover, not atypical for this  title.
Box  with  edgewear but complete. Near Fine in Good original  box  and
with a fine association.                                      $1500.00

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