THE WOUND WITHIN; America in the Vietnam Years, 1945-1974.
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1974. First Edition [stated], an Advance Readers Copy, with slip laid-in. 432 pp, including index. Laid-in ANs from Grumbach to Boyle. 9-1/2" x 6-1/4". Off white cloth binding with brown spine label, printed in gilt. Dust Jacket. VG/VG (pc). Item #1332
Grumbach "was an American novelist, memoirist, biographer, literary critic, and essayist. She taught at the College of Saint Rose in Albany, New York, the Iowa Writers' Workshop, and American University in Washington, D.C., and was literary editor of The New Republic for several years. She published many novels highlighting and focusing on gay and lesbian characters."
Boyle "was an American novelist, short story writer, educator, and political activist. Boyle is best known for her fiction, which often explored the intersections of personal and political themes. Her work contributed significantly to modernist literature, and she was an active participant in the expatriate literary scene in Paris during the 1920s. She was a Guggenheim Fellow and O. Henry Award winner." [Wiki]
The book accompanied by ANs from Doris Grumbach, on her New Republic letterhead, to Kay (Boyle), thanking her for sending a copy of Pacific Sun Quarterly... closing said note by implying this Kendrick book sent to Boyle... "the enclosed for your library."
Price: $45.00