first edition Hardcover
1889 · Philadelphia
by COOPER, Samuel Williams
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1889. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Mint green cloth stamped in brown and gilt. Illustrated with plates by Hal Hurst and C.C. Cooper, Jr. Foxing on title and frontispiece, title page coming loose, small stain on top corners of pages, red stain on rear board near foredges, a good only copy with "Maria H. Eakin" inked on title page and blank preliminary. Short story about flirting on the Narragansett Pier, Rhode Island. Scarce novel from this Philadelphia author. *OCLC* locates only six copies. (Inventory #: 410463)