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Ex-naval library, stamped on bottom and top foredge and title page, front endpaper stamped, a sound copy. No pockets or labels on spine.; 8vo.

Ex-naval library, stamped on bottom and top foredge and title page, front endpaper stamped, a sound copy. No pockets or labels on spine.; 8vo.

First Farrar, Straus and Giroux edition of authors first novel, signed by Author with inscription on title page. Inscription reads, "For Grace-For Christmas of 84". Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases. Dust jacket is price-clipped and is in an archival cover. Previous owner's name/address on front free endpaper. In addtion to Author's signature/inscription on title page there is another inscription which reads "Long may she continue to write! -Del". Size: Sm 8vo (7.5" to 8"). 371 pp.

Octavo. Blue cloth over boards, with silver stencil-style lettering to spine. Shelfwear and sunning. $2.50 price to flap. Partial dustjacket. (Large chip--up to 2 1/4 in. missing from top of front panel, wrapping around to spine. Additional small chip laid in. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown depiects classic figure with folded arms, holding large tome to chest. (Rockwell Kent? ). L'Engle's first book about a young girl separated from her concert pianist mother by a tragic accident, and her own blossoming and maturing into her understanding of her relationships to people and place, "with the one consistent and dominant force in her life: music...[a] journey from a distraught girl to an exhuberant and talented woman with the breadth and poignancy that defines Madeleine L'Engle's signature style..." (M. L'E. site).

A well used copy that appears to have come from the author's home. Inside cover is marked " Madeleine and Hugh Franklin 924 West End Ave. New York 25 NY lending copy" in the author's handwriting in black ink. This is the author's home address. "L'engle" was the author's nom de plume, this is the author's first book. All corner's are bumped, spine is heavily sunned, light blue covers have little spots and stains. Back cover at inside hinge has torn paper but cloth is intact, paper is age toned, one page has a small open tear at bottom edge. Pages/interior are otherwise clean and unmarked. Publisher's page shows no additional printings.