The Watchman

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Author: Davis Alexander Grubb (1919-1980) inscribed from the library of literary agent Hal Matson Year: 1961 Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons Place: New York Description: 275 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4") issued in blue with gilt lettering to spine and cover. Jacket design by Marilyn Miller. Inscribed to Hal [Matson] "With gratitude and fondness everlasting for his many years of kindness, faith and extravagant generosity. Love always, Dave" with a pictorial drawing below signature. 1st edition. Harold Matson, a literary agent who represented Evelyn Waugh, C. S. Forester, Arthur Koestler, Malcolm Lowry and William Saroyan was also Davis Grubb's agent. Davis Grubb was an American novelist and short story writer. Born in Moundsville, West Virginia, Grubb wanted to combine his creative skills as a painter with writing and as such attended the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. However, his color blindness was a handicap he could not overcome and as such gave up on painting to dedicate himself to writing fiction. He did however do a number of drawings and sketches during the course of his career, some of which were incorporated into his writings. In 1940, Grubb moved to New York City where he worked at NBC radio as a writer while using his free time to write short stories. In the mid 1940s he was successful in selling several short stories to major magazines and in the early 1950s he starting writing a full length novel. Influenced by accounts of eco

• Binding: Hardcover

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