Library Receives Valuable Gift of First Editions

Richard Kruizenga ('52) has given the college a splendid gift of 242 books from his personal collection of modern first editions. The donation includes works by Saul Bellow, John Cheever, James Gould Cozzens, John Dos Passos, William Faulkner, John Gardner, Ernest Hemingway, Sinclair Lewis, Vladimir Nabokov, J. D. Salinger, Upton Sinclair, John Steinbeck, and a few biographies about some of the authors. The gift contains extensive collections of works by Nabokov (32 titles) and Sinclair (41 items including 5 different editions of The Jungle). Perhaps the most notable books in the collection are first editions of The Grapes of Wrath, The Catcher in the Rye, and A Farewell to Arms.

The entire collection will be kept together and shelved in the Rare Book Room where it will be available for use by students, faculty, and scholars.

Introducing you to your next great read

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