THE ROMAN ROAD. By Zack [pseudonym]. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1903. Octavo, 235 pp., original decorated green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. First U.S. edition. Contains three novellas: "The Roman Road," "The Balance" and "Thoughty." Above-average writing by this English author. The last is a story that admirably captures the strange logic of childhood. In the title story, "an heiress chooses a waster rather than his more virtuous brother." - Kemp, Mitchell and Trotter, Edwardian Fiction, p. 430. Early owner's inked initials on front free endpaper. Spine panel and strip along front panel sunned, a very good copy. (#134765).
Price: $35.00
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