Description: The Paris years were very productive--much of Porter's most important work was either written or begun during this period. Hacienda was published in 1934, and Flowering Judas and Other Stories came out in 1935, adding four more stories to those of the 1930 edition. The minor publication that led to Hacienda was entitled Katherine Anne Porter's French Song-Book. It included translations of French songs covering a six hundred year period, capitalizing on Porter's love of early music. Both works were published by Harrison of Paris, run by her friends Barbara Harrison and Monroe Wheeler (For More See - University of Maryland)SIGNED by Katherine Anne Porter SIGNED by Glenway WestcottSIGNED by Monroe WheelerPresentation Copy to Llewellyn Jones (Literary Editor)George Platt Lynes's Photo of Katherine Anne Porter Deluxe Edition - Limited Edition - Open Series - A Very UNIQUE copy of this titleLarge Format : Approximate Book Size: 7.75" wide by 11" tall, with 77 pages Please see pictures for more information and detail *****The book is in very good condition. There is age toning to the book. Gilt on top: some shine left other edges uncut. There is some writing in pencil (description of book by a previous owner- see picture) on top right of free end page. Few pages at rear remain uncut on fore edge. The dust jacket is in good condition as there is soiling, toning, and some edge wear. The book is dated 1933 and the jacket has an older protective cover that has helped the book retain a very good appearance. The book is very tight and there are no remainder marks, not ex-library. Please see pictures for more information and detail. The issues are reflected in the price of this book.Katherine Anne Porter - Despite Porter's claim that after the publication of Ship of Fools she would not win any more prizes in America, in 1966 she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and the U.S. National Book Award for The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter. That year she was also appointed to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times between 1964 and 1968. Please see Wikipedia for more extensive biography.French Songs by Katherine Anne Porter - Katherine Anne Porter's French Song Book (Harrison of Paris: 1933). Includes seventeen French songs and Porter's English translations.Monroe Wheeler (13 February, 1899 – 14 August, 1988) was an American publisher and museum coordinator whose relationship with the novelist and poet Glenway Wescott lasted from 1919 until Wescott's death in 1987.Glenway Westcott - Glenway Wescott (April 11, 1901 – February 22, 1987) was an American poet, novelist and essayist. A figure of the American expatriate literary community in Paris during the 1920s, Wescott was openly gay. His relationship with longtime companion Monroe Wheeler lasted from 1919 until Wescott's death.George Platt Lynes - George Platt Lynes (April 15, 1907 – December 6, 1955) was an American fashion and commercial photographer who worked in the 1930s and 1940s. Private collection - He was also most notably friends with Katherine Anne Porter, author of the novel Ship of Fools, whom he often enjoyed photographing wearing elaborate evening gowns and occasionally reenacting Shakespeare. (See Wikipedia for more extensive biography.George Platt Lynes Photo of Katherine Anne Porter. Another copy of this photograph found in the Metropolitan Museum of Art is described as follows: Artist: George Platt Lynes (American, East Orange, New Jersey 1907–1955 New York) Date: 1932 Medium: Gelatin silver print - Dimensions: 16.5 x 11.7 cm. (6 1/2 x 4 5/8 in.) Classification: Photographs. ***See picture of back of photo for provenance of the photo that is included with this sale.Llewellyn Jones (13 July 1884–1 July 1961) was a United States writer and literary editor. He was one of the signatories to Humanist Manifesto I. Jones was literary editor of the Chicago Evening Post from 1914 to 1932 and then worked as an editor for Willett, Clark, and Company. He moved to Boston in 1937, when he became president of the Greater Boston American–Scandinavian Forum. (Wikipedia)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------GLENWAY WESCOTT, MONROE WHEELER, and GEORGE PLATT LYNES (KATHERINE ANNE PORTER)Glenway Wescott (1901-1987), Monroe Wheeler (1899-1988), and George Platt Lynes (1907-1955) met Katherine Anne Porter in Paris in 1932. At the suggestion of their common friend Ford Madox Ford, Porter agreed to translate a group of old French songs for publication by the fine press Harrison of Paris founded by Wheeler and Barbara Harrison (later Wescott) in 1930. The last two publications of the press were Porter’s Katherine Anne Porter’s French Song-book (1933) and Hacienda (1934). Wescott, Wheeler, and Lynes remained among Porter’s dearest friends throughout their lives, sharing many visits and other social occasions as well as exchanging lively correspondences with her.Wescott was the author of novels, poetry, short stories, and essays. Between 1924 and 1945, he published four novels and a collection of short stories. His Images of Truth: Remembrances and Criticism was published in 1962. From 1959 to 1962, Wescott served as president of the organization now known as the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He met Wheeler, his life partner in 1919 in Chicago; they settled in France in 1925, but returned to the U.S. in 1934, establishing residence in New York city. In 1927, Lynes had met Wescott and Wheeler, and they formed an intimate threesome that endured for nearly twenty years. Gay men, they lived with care and caution prompted by discriminatory homophobic attitudes in the United States and elsewhere during their lifetimes.Wescott and Porter remained mutually supportive friends and colleagues until late in Porter’s life. Images of Truth contains a chapter on Porter, and Wescott was one of Porter’s friends who championed her induction into the American Academy of Arts and Letters and for her to receive the Gold Medal "for Eminence in Fiction" of the National Institute of Arts and Letters in 1967. In 1963, Wescott began working on the “Letters to a Circle of Friends 1933-1962: Thirty Years of Friendship,” an edition of letters documenting the friendships among Katherine Anne Porter, Wescott, Monroe Wheeler, Barbara Harrison Wescott, George Platt Lynes, and Russell Lynes, brother of George Platt Lynes and editor of Harper's Magazine. The friendship between Porter and Wescott foundered over delays in his work on it; the book was never completed.Wescott and Porter's correspondence constitutes one of the largest among the Porter holdings at the University of Maryland Libraries. Her letters to Wescott range over a wide variety of subjects both personal and professional.Wheeler was a publisher and museum professional. He gained prestige from his work on Harrison of Paris. From 1930 until it ceased publishing in 1934, the press published thirteen limited editions of belle-lettres texts. In 1935, Wheeler began his association with New York’s Museum of Modern Art, then in its infancy. He eventually was appointed the museum’s Membership Director and subsequently as Director of Exhibitions and Publications.Lynes was a successful photographer, whose subjects included literary and artistic figures, socialites, ballet dancers, and fashion models. His work was published in Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar, as well as other publications during his lifetime Lynes’s posthumous fame lies in his photographs of male nudes, acquired by the Kinsey Institute at Indiana University shortly before his early death. In May 1932, shortly after Porter met Lynes in Paris, he took the first of many photographs of Porter he was to make between 1932 and 1947. These include serious portraits, photographs of her at South Hill, and dramatically staged glamor shots. Most of those of the last category were taken in California in 1946 and 1947, when Lynes was the head of Vogue magazine's West Coast studio in Los Angeles. Porter and Lynes socialized frequently during this period when both were living in the Los Angeles area. Lynes and Porter carried on an extensive correspondence from 1932 to 1955, the year of Lynes’s death. (University of Maryland Library)Please feel free to contact me with any questions you might have. I will be glad to take additional pictures. This item will be shipped with Signature Confirmation (as required by eBay).This is an extraordinary book with different levels of historical interest. To have it all come together in one book is fascinating and certain a treasure for a collector. I tried to describe the book through words and pictures the best I can but if you are not 100% satisfied with the purchase, please know you can return the book for full refund. Ships carefully wrapped in bubble wrap and packed securely in a box. Will ship within 1 business day of receiving payment. Thank you for looking!
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket, Inscribed, Limited Edition, LARGE FORMAT BOOK, SIGNED by Katherine Anne Porter, SIGNED by Monroe Wheeler, SIGNED by Glenway Westcott, Limited Edition Open Series, Photograph of Porter by Famous Photographer George Platt Lynes
Signed: Yes
Author: Katherine Anne Porter
Personalized: Yes
Publisher: Harrison of Paris
Topic: Historical
Country/Region of Manufacture: France
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1933
