Bound for Glory (Inscribed First Edition)

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1943.

Scarce inscribed first edition copy of Guthrie's most famous book.

(Item #1279) Bound for Glory (Inscribed First Edition). Woody Guthrie.

Bound for Glory (Inscribed First Edition)

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1943. First edition. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication: "To The Allend Family, A whole family of fighters Alex tells me - Woody Guthrie 3-26-43." A Very Good copy in like dust jacket. Spine ends lightly worn, gilt oxidized, with the stray scuff to the rear cover, otherwise a decent example. The Very Good dust jacket has several small chips and tears at the extremities, but is otherwise whole and unfaded. Quite scarce with an early, personal inscription.

Woody Guthrie’s rollicking semi-autobiographical account of his life as a wayward hobo, culminating in the beginning of his musical career. The idea for the book was suggested to Guthrie by Alan Lomax, who had read a lot of Guthrie’s unpublished writing and thought he had a real verve for storytelling. Another friend of Guthrie’s, the dancer Marjorie Mazia, helped edit the work for him up until its publication. The book was adapted into a Hal Ashby film in 1976, which starred David Carradine and was nominated for an Oscar for Best Picture – and would win one for Best Cinematography. “His book is an eloquent piece of writing, wild as a train whistle in the mountains, a scrumptious picture of fighting, carousing, singing, laughing migratory America…” (Contemporary New York Times review)
Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. (Item #1279)

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