BOOKS INSPIRED BY THOMAS WOLFE

RAYNOLDS, Robert. Fortune. New York: William Morrow & Company, 1935. Black and white cloth with spine stamped in red and black. Dustjacket. Not in Johnson.

Bread Loaf Anthology. Middlebury, Vermont: Middlebury College Press, 1939. Beige half cloth, black and white label affixed to spine, with green paper boards, stamped in gray. Contains "Letter to Thomas Wolfe" by Kimball Flaccus. Inscribed on front free endpaper ‘Inscribed for Alexander Wainwright of Princeton, N.J. Dec. 6, 1952. First appearance in book form of my "Letter to Thomas Wolfe."’ Johnson H13.

HAY, Sara Henderson. This, My Letter. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1939. Verso of titlepage ‘First edition’. Red cloth, goldstamped. Dustjacket. Limited edition of 1,000 copies, number 29. Johnson H14.

FLACCUS, Kimball. The White Stranger. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1940. Verso of titlepage ‘A’. Red cloth, stamped in black and gold. Dustjacket. Inscribed on front free endpaper ‘Inscribed for Alexander Wainwright of the hospitable Princeton Library. Kimball Flaccus. Dec. 6, 1952’. Note by Flaccus follows. Johnson H13.

SMITH, Betty. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. New York, London: Harper & Brothers, 1943. Verso of titlepage ‘8-43. First Edition. D-S’. Green cloth with black and white paper label affixed to spine. Dustjacket. Not in Johnson.

WHITE, Walter. A Rising Wind. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., 1945. Red cloth, stamped in blue. Dustjacket. Not in Johnson.

MILLER, Nolan. A Moth of Time. New York, London: Harper & Brothers, 1946. Verso of titlepage ‘5-6. First edition. D-V’. Blue cloth, stamped in light red and gold. Dustjacket. Not in Johnson.

BLACK, John. A Wind is Rising. New York: The Fine Editions Press, 1948. Yellow cloth with blue and black labels affixed to front cover and spine. Dustjacket. Inscribed on half-title ‘John Black’. Not in Johnson.

SHAPLEN, Robert. A Corner of the World. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1949. Verso of titlepage ‘First edition’. Brown cloth with goldstamped spine. Dustjacket. Not in Johnson.

KEROUAC, John. The Town and the City. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1950. Verso of titlepage ‘first edition’. Red cloth, stamped in gold. Dustjacket. Not in Johnson.

RUSSELL, William. A Wind is Rising. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1950. Verso of titlepage ‘A’. Beige cloth, stamped in brown. Dustjacket. Not in Johnson.

SMITH, H. Allen. People Named Smith. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1950. Verso of titlepage ‘First Edition’. Black cloth with spine stamped in silver. Dustjacket. Not in Johnson.

VANCE, Eleanor Graham. Store in Your Heart. New York: Bookman Associates, 1950. Gray cloth, stamped in green. Dustjacket. Johnson H20.

HINE, Al. An Unfound Door. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1951. Verso of titlepage ‘First edition’. Pale gold cloth with spine stamped in black. Dustjacket. Not in Johnson.

New York: Bantam Books, 1953. Verso of titlepage ‘Bantam Edition Published January, 1953. 1st Printing … December, 1952’. Wrappers. Not in Johnson.

FALK, R.P. American Literature in Parody. New York: Twayne Publishers, 1955. Yellow cloth, stamped in blue. Dustjacket. Contains "Of Nothing and the Wolfe" by Clifton Fadiman. Johnson G141.

GOLD, Herbert. Therefore Be Bold. New York: The Dial Press, 1960. Red half cloth, spine stamped in white, with printed paper boards. Dustjacket. Not in Johnson.

LOWREY, Burling (ed.). Twentieth Century Parody: American and British. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1960. Beige cloth, stamped in pink, orange and silver. Dustjacket. Contains "Of Nothing and the Wolfe" by Clifton Fadiman. Johnson G141.

WOUK, Herman. Youngblood Hawke. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1962. Verso of titlepage ‘First Edition’. Gray cloth, stamped in black and gold. Dustjacket. Johnson H22.

STEPHENS, Pauline Francis. Grass Roots. New York: Peter Agostini, 1975. Pamphlet, bound with staples. Inscribed on titlepage ‘To Alexander D. Wainwright with the affectionate best regards of Pauline Francis Stephens. St. Valentine Day. Feb 14, 1975’.

BRADBURY, Ray. Forever and the Earth. Athens, Ohio: Croissant & Company, 1984. Beige half cloth, blue and silver label affixed to spine, with blue paper boards, stamped in silver. Cf. Johnson H7.

BOYLE, Thomas. Only the Dead Know Brooklyn. Boston: David R. Godine, 1985. Dark red half cloth, spine stamped in silver, with gray paper boards, stamped in black. Dustjacket.

New York: Penguin Books, 1986. Verso of titlepage ‘First published in the United States of America by David R. Godine, Publisher, Inc., 1985. Published in Penguin Books 1986’. Series: Select Penguin. Wrappers.

New York: Penguin Books, 1986. Verso of titlepage ‘First published in the United States of America by David R. Godine, Publisher, Inc., 1985. Published in Penguin Books 1986’ and ‘3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2’. Wrappers.

HORNE, Phillip. Thomas Wolfe: A Poetic Cycle. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Wolfe’s Head Press, 1987. Wrappers, bound with staples.

CASSILL, R.V. Clem Anderson. Wainscott, New York: Pushcart Press, 1990. Wrappers.

HORNE, Phillip, David J. Wyatt and David Strange. How I Got Hooked on Thomas Wolfe. [n.p.]: David J. Wyatt, David Strange and Phillip Horne, 1990. Wrappers, bound with staples.

JOHNSON, Douglas S. Transformations. Pittsburgh: Guyasuta, 1994. Wrappers. Inscribed on titlepage ‘To Alexander Wainwright – Best regards – Douglas S. Johnson. 7/1/94’. Letter from Johnson to Wainwright’ laid in.