Monsieur Beaucaire
- Illustrated by C. D. Williams. 128, [1]pp. 1 vols. 8vo
- New York: McClure, Phillips & Co, 1900
New York: McClure, Phillips & Co, 1900. First edition, first issue, with the publisher’s seal measuring one-half inch. Illustrated by C. D. Williams. 128, [1]pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original red cloth gilt, t.e.g. Fine, bright copy. In half morocco slipcase and cloth chemise. First edition, first issue, with the publisher’s seal measuring one-half inch. Illustrated by C. D. Williams. 128, [1]pp. 1 vols. 8vo. After years of collecting rejection slips, Booth Tarkington’s first published work The Gentleman from Indiana (1899) made him “the most famous young man in America” and quickly led to the publication of “Monsieur Beaucaire, an 18th-century romance that Tarkington had actually written first but had not been able to place with a publisher. This popular work was turned into plays… operettas, and later movies starring Rudolph Valentino and Bob Hope” (ANB). Merle Johnson page 489