signed first edition
1910 · New York
by Chapman, John Jay
New York: Moffat, Yard & Company, 1910. First Edition. Very good+ in charcoal gray paper covered boards with printed, paper title labels on the spine and on the front board and with the top edge of the text block gilt. A small octavo of 8 by 5 inches with faint dampness stains on the outer edges of the front board with dampness stains to the margins of pages 17 through 24 and pages 41 through 48 with no impact on the printed text. There is a prior owner's book plate on the front paste down. Signed and inscribed to a "Miss Katherine _?___ | from John Jay Chapman" and dated "Oct 27 1911" on the fly title page. 75 pages of script followed by a one page add for other books by the author (Inventory #: TB29824)