Patience & Sarah
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company (1972), 1972. First Hardcover Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], 3-215, [3] pp. Red cloth with decorations and lettering in blue on the front board, silver lettering inset in a blue rectangle bordered in silver on the spine; bright blue endpapers and pastedowns; blue topstain. Price of $5.95 on front jacket flap. Jacket design by Barry Zaid. Katz, Gay American History. Winner of the first Stonewall Award in 1971. Originally self-published in paperback under the title of A Place For Us in 1969. A historical novel based on the life of Mary Ann Wilson, an American primitive painter of the early 1800's, who lived on a farm in upstate New York with her devoted female companion. Very Good / Very Good+. Item #000017684
Very Good with slight lean, rubbing to the blue on the spine, and previous owner's name on free front endpaper in a Very Good or better dust jacket with a small closed tear to the top right corner of the front panel, a few faint traces of edgewear, and mild discoloration to the reverse.
Price: $100.00