Thomas Wolfe's first book appearance

Carolina Folk Plays: Second Series. Edited with an Introduction on Making a Folk Theatre.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1924.

Price: $350.00


About the item

First edition. Thomas Wolfe's first appearance in a book, following the separate publication of his "Crisis in Industry." This was his first play. 8 photographic illustrations including one which shows Wolfe portraying Buck Gavin, two woodcuts by J.J. Lankes and another by Mary De B. Graves. 1 vols. 8vo. Thomas Wolfe's first book appearance. Original buckram, lettered in green. Some light wear. Minor marginal discoloration of some text, front free endpaper excised, else a very good copy of this. Preston p. 59; Seven Gables Bookshop "More First Books" 293.

Item #14902

Contains Thomas Clayton Wolfe's first play. Written for his dramatic writing course, the "Carolina Playmakers" taught by Frederick H. Koch. When it was produced in March 15 and 16, 1919 Wolfe played the hero.Plays by Elizabeth A. Lay, Lucy M. Cobb, Erma and Paul Green and Frances Gray are included as is an appendix of a selected bibliography and list of productions of the "Carolina Playmakers" and a selected bibliography of "The Dakota Playmakers."