The gentle grafter / O. Henry
1934, Early reprint. New York : The McClure Company. Provenance: Bookplate of Patrick Cairns Hughes. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Front board not uniformly sun-toned. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Item #389860
Physical description; 288 pp. Contents; The octopus marooned -- Jeff Peters as a personal magnet -- Modern rural sports -- The chair of philanthromathematics -- The hand that rules the world -- The exact science of matrimony -- A midsummer masquerade -- Shearing the wolf -- Innocents of Broadway -- Conscience in art -- The man higher up -- A tempered wind -- Hostages to Momus -- The ethics of pig. Subjects; Tobacco in fiction. Smoking in art. Swindlers and swindling. Storytellers.
Price: €12.95