The Gentleman from Indiana
- New York: Doubleday & McClure Co, 1899
New York: Doubleday & McClure Co, 1899. First Edition. First printing (with "so pretty" p.245, line 16) in the second state binding (with the corncob on the spine pointing down). Octavo (21cm). Original green cloth, stamped in yellow and orange, top edge stained grey; plain endpapers; [x],384pp; title page vignette. A straight, unfaded copy with minor shelf wear, slight discoloration to endpapers: Near Fine.
A lovely copy of Tarkington's first novel. "Politics and love in a growing mid-west town of the pre-Babbitt era when moonlight still created glamour" (Johnson). Now neglected but renowned in his day, Tarkington is one of only four novelists to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once. WRIGHT 5369. JOHNSON High Spots p.71.
A lovely copy of Tarkington's first novel. "Politics and love in a growing mid-west town of the pre-Babbitt era when moonlight still created glamour" (Johnson). Now neglected but renowned in his day, Tarkington is one of only four novelists to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once. WRIGHT 5369. JOHNSON High Spots p.71.