A Century of Arts and Letters.

AUCHINCLOSS, Louis; Beeson.

$975.00

Item Number: 145842

New York: Columbia University Press, 1997.

First edition of this work celebrating the history of the American Academy of Arts & Letters on its centenary. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Boldly signed on the the title page by all eleven contributors. Preface and edited by John Updike. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable signed.

This work features ten essays by celebrated American authors, each one focusing on a particular decade of the Academy's existence.