Porter, Katherine Anne [1890 - 1980] — HACIENDA

New York City: Harrison of Paris, 1934. 1st Edition, 1st issue [no cancel], 1st state [w/o the errata]. Copy # 43 of 895 cc. Brick red cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering, TEG, with slipcase. Book protected by a custom-cut clear mylar wrapper. [4 (blank)], 81, [3 (blank)] pp. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 6-1/8". Slight lean, hint of extremity wear, backstrip a bit sunned. "Holiday Book Shop / New York City" ticket to rear paste-down. Withal, a VG - VG+ copy. 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.".