Hamlin Garland — Wayside Courtship

New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1897. First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of Hamlin Garland's novel about courtship between classes in late nineteenth century America. The first edition of this work.Inscribed by the author in two locations. To the front free endpaper is the inscription 'parts of this volume were meant to make up "Other Main Travelled Roads" - and it has passed out of print. Hamlin Garland, inscribed for Leo S. Seymour, Nov 12- '37, Los Angeles&apos."Main-Travelled Roads" was a collection of published by Garland in 1891.With a further signed inscription to the leaf following the title page reading 'written in Boston 1888-9&apos.A romantic novel about two individuals from different social classes being united by a shared love of music. With fourteen pages of advertisements to the rear.Garland was best known for his fiction involving hard-working Midwestern farmers. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip tail, otherwise externally excellent. Small loss of paper to head of front free endpaper. Inscribed to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Inscribed to leaf following title page. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .