August Derleth regarded Evening in Spring (1941) as perhaps the best novel he ever wrote. The product of many years' work, the novel began as a novella written as early as 1929, under the title "The Early Years." Derleth wrote successive drafts of this text, showing some of them to his friend H. P. Lovecraft, who commented incisively upon them. Then, around 1940, he wrote the novel as we have it in a few months. This is a poignant tale of young love: Steve Grendon (an obvious stand-in for Derleth himself) becomes ...
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August Derleth regarded Evening in Spring (1941) as perhaps the best novel he ever wrote. The product of many years' work, the novel began as a novella written as early as 1929, under the title "The Early Years." Derleth wrote successive drafts of this text, showing some of them to his friend H. P. Lovecraft, who commented incisively upon them. Then, around 1940, he wrote the novel as we have it in a few months. This is a poignant tale of young love: Steve Grendon (an obvious stand-in for Derleth himself) becomes infatuated with Margery Estabrook, but both sets of parents object, both because of the couple's youth and also because Steve is Catholic and Margery is Protestant. Will the couple overcome these obstacles, or will they prove too much for these teenagers? Set in the rural Wisconsin landscape that the author paints with as tenderness and affection as he depicts the complex emotions of his protagaonists, Evening in Spring is a testament to the sensitivity of character portrayal that typifies August Derleth's best work.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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Dust jacket missing. Cover and binding are worn but intact. A reading copy in fair condition. Dedication page torn out. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
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Very Good in good jacket. Second Edition. c.1945. Hardcover. 8vo. 308pp. Very Good in Good price-clipped dustjacket. Light rubbing to corners and spine-ends, heavy offsetting to endpapers. Moderate rubbing and sunning to dustjacket, 3-inch closed tear across front panel, half-inch tear at head of spine, 2-inch tear at head of rear flap, dampstaining along bottom third affixing dj to boards. This book is from the personal library of Derleth's bibliographer, Alison M. Wilson with her signed bookplate and marks to contents.
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Fine. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR and warmly inscribed to Brother Leo Ryan with the significant line "My favorite among my novels-for obvious reasons." Aside from price clipping, a very fine, clean copy protected by an archival Mylar jacket cover. Octavo.
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Good. No Jacket. Book. Inscribed by Author(s) First ed. Good condition, moderate over all wear to book, lettering to spine worn off, faded, FEP, REP and inside of covers browned. In a custom made slip case that shows some wear. Inscribed and signed by author on title page. First edition with letter "A" on copyright page.
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Acceptable. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons 1941. 1st with Scribner 'A' and seal on copyrt pg. Hardcover 8vo 308 pgs. Good with no dust jacket. Black cloth with gilt on front cover. Gilt on spine is worn off. Spine ends and corners worn. Toning to endpapers. Contents clean and binding sound. (literature, fiction) Inquire if you need further information.
