18 Washington Square, South
$7,500 · Offered by Burnside Rare Books
First edition
Boston: Walter H. Baker Company, 1944. First edition. A fantastic association copy of Newbery Medal-winning author Madeleine L'Engle's first published work. L'Engle's own mother's copy, with her ownership signature penciled to the top margin of the front cover. Wear to spine, small tidemark to top margin of rear cover, pages toned and gentle vertical bend throughout. A play about two girls who move to New York to get into
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