Marry Me, Carry Me 1956 Ardyth Kennelly SIGNED First Edition

Title: Marry Me, Carry Me. Inscribed by Kennelly on half-title page. Stated First printing November 1956. Terracotta cloth boards with brown lettering on front cover, spine stamped in red and brown. Light blemish on ffep, else interior is clean. 8 x 5.4 inches. Scarce copy of Kennelly's fifth and final novel. Inscribed''To Betty / with every good / wish of / Ardyth Kennelly''. Below the inscription there is a penciled note indicating that Ardyth was a''friend of Veronica Tracy.

' For reference, Tracy was a teacher at Albany High School for many years, at least as early as the 1930-31 school year. Kennelly graduated from Albany High School in 1929. Laid-in is newspaper clipping from The Oregonian, profiling Kennelly's art exhibit at a Portland gallery in 1996.