[SOCIAL FICTION] DARROW, Clarence

Farmington

New York: Boni & Liveright, 1925. Fourth Edition. Octavo (19.75cm); gray patterned paper and taupe cloth-covered boards, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; orange topstain; dustjacket; 255,[1]pp. Light wear to extremities, faint, shallow dampstain to upper board edges, with faint splash mark to upper edge of textblock, affecting upper margin of several internal pages; Very Good+. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.00), sunned at spine and front panel, with light wear to extremities, a few shallow nicks to crown, and several tears; Very Good+.

Attractive copy of Darrow's fictionalized memoir of his Ohio boyhood, first published by McClurg in 1904. Though it went throught seven editions, the book was never a commercial success, which pained Darrow, who felt it was his finest book. The present copy is the first printing of the Boni & Liveright edition, one which quickly went into successive printings. HUNSBERGER 176.

Price: $375.00

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