signed first edition Hardcover
1933 · New York
by KAUFFMAN, Reginald Wright
New York: Macaulay, 1933. Hardcover. Fair. First edition. Spine worn, a faint but pervasive tidemark to the top edges of the pages, a fair only copy, lacking the dustwrapper. The Dedication Copy, Inscribed by the author to his sister: "7/27/33 To Elsie & Clarence Hammitt, with love from their brother, Reginald Wright Kauffman." The printed dedication reads: "To Elsie Darling Hammitt and Clarence Keene Hammitt: [written in Greek] Lord protect them for many ages." Kauffman later inherited the book back, and it became his own copy. From a large collection of books we purchased from his library. Kauffman was born and lived in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, although he also maintained homes in Switzerland and Bath, Maine. After graduating from Harvard in 1900, he wrote dozens of stories, mysteries, children's books, and non-fiction titles. He was the editor of the Bangor, Maine *Daily News* from 1941-1947. His novel, *The House of Bondage* was widely praised, specifically by Emma Goldman, as the first serious attempt to explore the problem of women and prostitution.
(Inventory #: 55346)