by Hughes Mearns

Philadelphia: Penn Publishing Company, 1916.
First edition of the author's first book.

Presentation copy, charmingly inscribed and SIGNED by the author.

Mild fading to the spine, foxing to the margins and fore-edges of a few leaves and plates, otherwise a bright, near fine and tight copy in brick red cloth with gilt titles and a grape motif to the spine and front cover; lacking the dust jacket.

"The story of a man who cared not for work, for wealth, or for women, but tried to be honest with himself. The came 'Jerry' Wells, and he began to view life from a new angle."--publisher's blurb.

Illustrated with four plates and a frontispiece by Ralph L. Boyer.

William Hughes Mearns (1875-1965) was an educator, a poet, and an author who is probably best remembered for the poem "Antigonish" (or "The Little Man Who Wasn't There").

A SCARCE SIGNED DEBUT NOVEL.