A BOY'S WILL
London: David Nutt, 1913. First edition. Hardcover. First issue, Binding B: cream vellum-paper boards stamped in red; 50 pp. One of 350 or fewer copies of the first issue were published by the publisher before bankruptcy in 1921; binding B - what remained of the first issue were bound circa 1917 during the war. The rest of the 1000 sheets had a complicated history and very different bindings. The first regularly published book by one of the great figures in American Literature of the 20th Century. Crane A2B. A very scarce (far scarcer than Binding A) and fragile binding, this copy with light wear at edges, spine darkened, else fine. Near fine. Item #13067
Price: $3,500.00