Penrod

Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1914. First Edition. Mixed state, without 'viii' on bottom of contents page, and with 'sence' printed on p.19. Octavo (19.5cm); blue mesh cloth-covered board with titling and illustration stamped in white and black on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 345pp; black and white illustration at frontispiece and throughout. Modest shelf-wear, with dampstain to upper spine and rear cover, rubbing to board edges, tanning to edges of textblock, peeling to text of illustrations contents page, and shelf-soil and marginal creases throughout text; Good. Dustwrapper, unclipped (priced net $1.25), with shelf-wear and soil, (truncated) dampstains to spine and cover panels, four tape mends to verso, and chips and tears to extremities; Good. Tarkington's first book to include Penrod Schofield, focusing on a young boy growing up in the Midwest pre-WWI. The Penrod stories received play and film adaptations. SMITH T-50. AHEARN 638. [84727]. (Inventory #: 84727)