Portage, Wisconsin; And Other Essays
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [13], 4-214, [4] pp. Blue cloth with gold lettering on the front board and spine; brown topstain. Price of $2.50 on the reverse of the jacket. Publisher's cancel after the dedication page. Illustrated by a woodcut frontispiece and a full-page portrait of one of the subjects of the essays. Jacket woodcut by Richard Bennett. Women in Wisconsin, "Zona Gale". A collection of essays from an early feminist figure, who made her home in south-central Wisconsin. Zona Gayle was a playwright and author who served as a mentor and friend to fellow Wisconsin author and feminist Margery Latimer. After graduating from UW-Madison in 1895, she worked as one of Milwaukee's first female newspaper reporters. A nice copy of Gale's first book of essays. Near Fine / Very Good+. Item #00009450
A Near Fine book with minor foxing to the preliminaries and boards' edges; dust jacket is Very Good+ with minor edge wear and a bit of toning to the spine panel and the front fold.
Price: $75.00