In Search of Light

by (LEE, Harper). KELLY, Riley Nicholas

$250 · Offered by Biblio

First edition · Signed · In dust jacket

NY: Exposition Press. (1969). A volume of vanity press poetry by Kelly, distinguished by a front cover blurb by Harper Lee, from a period of time when it was not uncommon for vanity publishers to simply warehouse their print runs for a predetermined length of time and then destroy them, with the majority of copies receiving distribution coming out of the author's allotment. For most vanity press works -- regardless of how many were originally printed -- the number of copies that ever made it into the marketplace probably averages in the low dozens. That fact, combined with the fact that Harper Lee has published so little other than To Kill a Mockingbird, makes this a rare occurrence in print by the author of one of the best-loved American novels of all time. This copy is inscribed by Kelly to Phoebe Lee "with fond best wishes." Kelly was a native of Excel, Alabama, less than 10 miles from Lee's hometown of Monroeville, Alabama. Small spot to front cover; near fine in a mildly rubbed dust jacket with a tear at the upper spine fold. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine.

• Publisher: Exposition Press
• Year: 1969
• Edition: First Edition
• Printing: first
• Binding: hardcover

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