TARKINGTON, BOOTH — His Own People
New York, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1907. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Lawrence Mazzonovich and F. R. Gruger. Color Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The spine of the book has noticeable generalized toning. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some beginning bumping. The front book cover has gilt decorations and lettering, along with a patch of Ivory background. The endpapers are fully illustrated. The front inner hinge of the book is cracked. The text pages are clean and bright. There are spots of foxing to the title page. There are six full page illustrations, including two full color illustrations. "Newton Booth Tarkington (July 29, 1869 May 19, 1946) was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his novels The Magnificent Ambersons (1918) and Alice Adams (1921). He is one of only four novelists to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once, along with William Faulkner, John Updike, and Colson Whitehead. In the 1910s and 1920s he was considered the United States\' greatest living author. Several of his stories were adapted to film. During the first quarter of the 20th century, Tarkington, along with Meredith Nicholson, George Ade, and James Whitcomb Riley helped to create a Golden Age of literature in Indiana. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good .
