LYNN, KENNETH S. — William Dean Howells: An American Life
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0151421773. Stated first edition of this biography of the noted American novelist and critic, who, per the jacket flap, ".counted such polar opposites as Mark Twain and Henry James as his closest friends." With a section of black & white photos. --- In brown cloth with titling stamped in silver and grey on spine. Jacket with photographic portrait by Janet M. Cummings on cover. --- With Christmastime gift inscription on front free endpaper, otherwise a clean, firmly bound copy. Price-clipped dust jacket with minor rubbing and creasing, else intact.; Tall Octavo (9 to 10 in. tall) ; (10), 372 pages. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .
