The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

The first of these, Treasure Island, was one of his masterpieces and the proceeds paid for his studio. During his lifetime, Wyeth created more than 3,000 paintings and illustrated 112 books - 25 of them for Scribner's, the Scribner Classics, which is the body of work for which he is best known. He was the pupil of artist Howard Pyle and became one of America's greatest illustrators. Wyeth, was an American artist and illustrator. The illustrator: Newell Convers Wyeth (Octo– October 19, 1945), known as N. He advised her to write about what she knew from her own life, and The Yearling was the result. She had submitted several projects to Perkins for his review, and he rejected them all.

Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, and other literary luminaries. Rawlings's editor was Maxwell Perkins, who also worked with F. It won the 1939 Pulitzer Prize for the Novel. It has been translated into Spanish, Chinese, French, Japanese, German, Italian, Russian and 22 other languages. It was the best-selling novel in America in 1938 and the seventh-best in 1939. It was the main selection of the Book of the Month Club in April 1938. The Yearling is a novel by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings published in March 1938. His heirs sold his library at auction in 2012, however much of the original collection was not included, having been destroyed by a flood several decades ago. He thereby became acquainted with some of the most notable authors of his day and amassed an impressive collection of signed first editions.

He designed the window displays at Brentano's famous bookstore on Fifth Avenue for many years. Wyeth illustrated edition from the collection of Jan Stanley Mostowski (1915-2011). The book: Attractive and near fine First N.C.

Illustrations: Complete with the illustrated title page, the beautifully illustrated endpapers (bound in after the marbled endpapers), and all the 14 wonderful full-page color illustrations by N. A very beautiful binding!Ĭontent: Near fine content (bright, tight, and clean - as shown).

The Pulitzer Prize-winning classic. Scribner seal and letter 'A' on copyright page.īinding: Attractive and near fine half morocco leather binding finely bound, probably for Brentano's Booksellers (hinges fine) under a protective removable mylar cover. Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1939.

The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings