Booth Tarkington, Indianapolis, (b) 1869 - 1946) American novelist and dramatist best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning novels The Magnificent Ambersons and Alice Adams. A graduate of Princeton, he was the most popular novelist of his time. A collection of his short stories, first published in McCall's, Redbook and other magazines through the early 20th century. Contents: The Fascinating Stranger; The Party; The One-Hundred-Dollar Bill; Jeannette; The Spring Concert; Willamilla; The Only Child; Ladies''Ways; Maytime In Marlow; "You"; ''Us''; The Tiger, and Mary Smith. Green cloth boards and spine. Gilt title and profile image, faded gilt to spine. Rubbing to front board, and joints. Decorative old private library plate to pastedown, f.e.p. Christmas inscription, dated 1925 to lower edge. First Edition, After the Printing of 377 De Luxe Copies, stated to copyright page. Very clean, tightly bound. sm 8 vo., 492 pp

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