The Massacre at Fall Creek
New York: Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Letter line: B C D E. c.1975. Hardcover. 8vo. 373pp. Light dampstaining to rear panel of dustjacket, else Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Contents unmarked. Inscribed by Jessamyn West to Margaret McElderry: "For Margaret, oracle, prophet, protector, rider of Dandie, woman who turned down my husband - with love now and always". Originally from Ben Avon [near Pittsburgh, PA], Margaret McElderry (1912-2011) attended the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh School before moving to New York in the 1930s to work for the New York Public Library in the Children's Division under Anne Carroll Moore. After World War II, she became an editor of children's books at Harcourt Brace, eventually establishing her own imprint at Simon and Schuster. Miss McElderry was the first children's editor whose books won both the prestigious Newbery and Caldecott medals in the same year (1952). She was married to Storer Lunt (d. 1977), long-time publisher and eventual president of W.W. Norton. Near Fine / near fine. Item #C00008797
ISBN: 9780151578207
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