Mother
first edition
1907 · New York
by Wister, Owen
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1907. First Edition. First printing Very good+ in rust colored cloth covered boards with a colored pictorial label pasted to the front board. The second free end paper has been removed and there is minor rubbing to the corners of the spine and only light soiling to the pictorial. This is the first printing of the story in book form. It originally "appeared anonymously as the ninth of a sequence of short stories by varous authors, in a volume entitled A House Part." The text received some "remodelling" for this "separate publication:. It is a humorous book whichdeals with finance and the stock market. 95 pages of text and illustrations by John Rae. (Inventory #: TB15455)