HUTCHINS, Maude. Georgiana. New York: New Directions. 1948. 8vo. First edition, first impression. Publisher’s blue cloth lettered in dark red to spine, in the dust jacket designed by the author. A very good copy, cloth clean, a little discoloured at extremities. The binding tight and square, the contents generally fine, some light marks within but without stamps or inscriptions. The dust jacket unclipped, the spine panel significantly faded, slivers of other panels likewise. Gently rubbed and bumped to all corners and spine tips, but still a bright and presentable copy.
The author’s first novel, a coming-of-age story praised for its daring, somewhat provocative narrative—her second novel, similarly, almost faced a ban for its portrayal of sensual teenagers. Indeed, Hutchins, writing here aged 49 and immediately after her divorce, seemed a menacing, irritable figure. Her marriage to Robert Hutchins, though externally compared to the pairing of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, was internally unfathomably hellish. The publishers here compare Hutchins to Kay Boyle, Katherine Ann Porter, Carson McCullers, and Eudora Welty. Scarce.
HUTCHINS, Maude. Georgiana. New York: New Directions. 1948. 8vo. First edition, first impression. Publisher’s blue cloth lettered in dark red to spine, in the dust jacket designed by the author. A very good copy, cloth clean, a little discoloured at extremities. The binding tight and square, the contents generally fine, some light marks within but without stamps or inscriptions. The dust jacket unclipped, the spine panel significantly faded, slivers of other panels likewise. Gently rubbed and bumped to all corners and spine tips, but still a bright and presentable copy.
The author’s first novel, a coming-of-age story praised for its daring, somewhat provocative narrative—her second novel, similarly, almost faced a ban for its portrayal of sensual teenagers. Indeed, Hutchins, writing here aged 49 and immediately after her divorce, seemed a menacing, irritable figure. Her marriage to Robert Hutchins, though externally compared to the pairing of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, was internally unfathomably hellish. The publishers here compare Hutchins to Kay Boyle, Katherine Ann Porter, Carson McCullers, and Eudora Welty. Scarce.
