Tarkington, Booth; Williams, C.D. (illus); Hooper, Chas. Edw. (dec.). Monsieur Beauclaire. McClure, Phillips, New York, 1900.

Price: US$225.00 + shipping

Description: First Edition. Hardcover. Author's second book. First state. (Russo & Sullivan, 6-9) Warmly inscribed by author. A handsome copy. Very minor shelf/edge wear, hint of sun at spine, inscribed by author on verso of frontispiece, else tight, bright and unmarred. Red cloth boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements, in blind decorative elements, decorative endpages, frontispiece, tissueguard, teg. 8vo. 127pp. Illus. (b/w plates (with decorative green borders).

Seller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB, Portland, ME, U.S.A.