Accession number
PML 187268
Creator
Tarkington, Booth, 1869-1946.
Published
New York : Doubleday & McClure Co., 1899.
Credit line
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Notes
First edition, with misprint on page 342: "like Aphrodite from the brain of Zeus."
Library's copy housed in green cloth slipcase backed in green morocco, with matching cloth chemise.
Library's copy housed in green cloth slipcase backed in green morocco, with matching cloth chemise.
Description
viii, 384 pages ; 21 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Author's inscription in ink facing title page: "Aphrodite from the brain of Zeus" (p. 342) which I corrected during production of the first edition seems to be the mark of that edition, though perhaps not the mark of the first printing, [signed] Booth Tarkington, Kennebunkport, Aug. 13, 1924, for Mr. W. C. Crawford, Jr.
Provenance
Inscribed to W.J. Crawford Jr.; Carter Burden.
Binding
Publisher's green cloth with decoration in red and light green.
Classification
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Department