My Confession, (Serialized in LIFE Magazine)
Chicago: Time Inc., 1956. Color drawings by Chamberlain, other magazine illustrations. Magazines. Folios.
The first print appearance of excerpts from Chamberlain's self-illustrated diary of his adventures before, during, and after the Mexican War. The unpublished manuscript had been discovered in a Connecticut antiques shop in the 1940s and LIFE had just purchased it when these excerpts were published. Harper and Brothers published the complete book later in 1956.
Three complete sequential issues of LIFE, the first of which includes a rare photograph the manuscript volume itself along with a full cover illustration by Chamberlain.
Chamberlain's memoir would become the primary source for Cormac McCarthy's masterpiece, "Blood Meridian."
Paper covers over saddle-stapled bindings. Light edge wear, some light creases here and there, with a small remnant of an address label on the first issue and a full address label on the second. The third issue has a separation along bottom 1 1/2" of cover spine. Quite nice overall.
Item #2213
Price: $175