Description
Author: Booth Tarkington
Publisher: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc.
Place of Publication: Garden City, New York
Date: 1943
Copyright: 1942 (Curtis Publishing Company); 1943 (Booth Tarkington)
Format: Hardcover, blue cloth boards
Edition: First trade edition
Printing: First printing
Printer: Country Life Press, Garden City, N.Y.
Language: English
Description
Kate Fennigate is a late novel by Booth Tarkington, one of America’s most respected early twentieth-century writers and a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner. Published near the end of Tarkington’s career, the novel reflects his mature style and continued interest in character, intellect, and social perception—here centered on an unusually gifted woman navigating recognition and misunderstanding in modern society.
Tarkington was renowned for his ability to capture American social life with subtlety and insight, and Kate Fennigate is often noted for its psychological depth and its portrait of female intelligence and individuality at a time when such subjects were less commonly explored in mainstream literary fiction. This volume represents a solid example of his later work and is a desirable title for collectors of American literature and Tarkington first editions.
Condition
Near Fine. Clean, tight blue cloth binding with light, even surface wear consistent with age. Spine intact and firm. Interior pages are clean and unmarked, with light, scattered foxing to a few pages, typical of mid-century paper stock. No dust jacket. A well-preserved and attractive copy.
