signed first edition
1921 · New York
by GALE, Zona
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1921. First Edition. Second Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); green cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in black on spine and front cover, and blind ruling to front cover; fore-edge untrimmed; 264pp. Inscribed by author on front endpaper: "Life is something other than that which we wish it to be / Zona Gale October 6 1921". Lacking dustwrapper. Light tanning to spine and edges of textblock, rubbing to board edges, and occasional penciling to text; Good. Gale's novel explores family values and marriage, and was later adapated for the stage and earned the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. [84235]. (Inventory #: 84235)