Gadsby: A Story of Over 50,000 Words Without Using the Letter "E
- Hardcover
- Los Angeles: Wetzel Publishing Co, 1939
Los Angeles: Wetzel Publishing Co, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. 267 pp. Bound in publisher's red cloth with black lettering. Apparently bound without photo frontispiece (a variant?), else Near Fine with a few small stains to back board, former owner's name on front free endpaper. A clean bright copy, sturdily bound. Lacking jacket.
A legendary rarity; the warehouse holding copies of this self-published novel without the letter "e" (a lipogram) burned down shortly after publication.
Details
Title
Gadsby: A Story of Over 50,000 Words Without Using the Letter "E
Author
Wright, Ernest Vincent
Binding
Hardcover
Condition
Unknown
Publisher
Wetzel Publishing Co: Los Angeles
Date
1939
Edition
First Edition