THE VISION SPLENDID: A STORY OF TO-DAY. New York: G. W. Dillingham Company Publishers, [1913]. Octavo, pp. [3-7] 8-331 [332: blank] [333-336: ads] [337-338: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank; text complete despite gap in pagination], three inserted plates with illustrations by D. C. Hutchison, original red cloth, front panel stamped in gold and ruled in blind, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. A political novel in which an idealistic young newspaperman exposes graft and fights for political reform. Presentation copy with signed inscription by Raine to fellow writer Robert Ames Bennet on front free endpaper: "Robert Ames Bennet, / Best wishes / Wm. M. Raine / 1-4-14." Bennet (1870-1954) was a writer of popular fiction, including many Western stories, published in the pulps and in book form. Today he is perhaps best known for his novel THYRA: A ROMANCE OF THE POLAR PIT (1901), one of the better early lost race novels. A nice association copy. Smith, American Fiction, 1901-1925 R-30. A bright, nearly fine copy. (#90895).
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