signed first edition Hardcover
1924 · New York
by ROGERS, Will
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Somewhat larger than the trade edition, this copy has an attractive modern 3/4 brown morocco leather binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with gilt rules on the covers and a gilt-decorated and lettered spine with five raised bands, top edge gilt. Illustrated with drawings. Copy #34 of 250 copies SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper, this copy with the initials "P. H." beneath the number. Rogers was born in Indian Territory in 1879 and had some Native American blood in his veins. He began in vaudeville and moved on to motion pictures, a career that was cut short when he died (truncated)