The House of Silk

New York: Howard Vinal, 1927. First Edition. Slim octavo (23.5cm.); original cloth in printed dust jacket; 85pp. Slight dusting and small chips to jacket at bottom of front and rear panels, else a bright, near fine copy. The author's uncommon first book, published at the age of fifteen. Wurdemann's second book, Bright Ambush, published eight years later, won the Pulitzer Prize, making her (at 24) the youngest-ever recipient of that award.