first edition
1927 · New York
by Stacpoole, H[enry] de Vere
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1927. Octavo, pp. i-iv] v-vi [vii-viii] 9-307 [308], original black cloth, front and spine panels stamped in yellow, top edge stained yellow, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, gray endpapers. First U.S. edition. "A romance to be sure, but a romance in terms of delicate realism ... A finely written study of a man who, in the midst of intense commercial activity, suddenly see romance and follows his dream of youth and springtime and beauty" (from the jacket blurb). A fine copy in very good pictorial dust jacket with some edge wear and dust soiling, latter mainly to spine and rear panels. (#105264) (Inventory #: 105264)