Lytle, Andrew.

THE LONG NIGHT; [Inscribed association copy].

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., (1936). First edition. His first novel, a Civil War tale. INSCRIBED on the title page, "To Jane and Walter/ again/ Andrew Lytle." Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) studied under Lytle at the Iowa Writer’s Workshop before becoming an author, critic, longtime Vanderbilt University professor, authority on Southern literature, and -- along with Lytle -- one of the founding members of The Fellowship of Southern Writers. His wife, Jane Harrison Sullivan (1923-2022), taught English literature at Aquinas College. 8vo gilt-stamped green cloth boards; top edge pale yellow; 331 pages. Very good or better with spine a little shaken and few small spots of light soiling; in very good, supplied dust jacket with upper corners nicked, touch of rubbing, and few edge tears with light adjacent creasing. Relatively scarce in dust jacket and especially so inscribed.
Item #72252

Price: $500.00