THEODORE DREISER. — The "Genius". A novel.

John Lane, The Bodley Head, London, 1st Edition, The UK issue of the first edition, with The Bodley Head imprint stamped to the base of the backstrip. The second state text, with page 497 un-numbered. 8vo. 736pp. Red cloth, lettered and ruled in black at the spine, and in blind at the upper board with multi-panel blind-stamped bordering (presumably bound in the UK as it differs significantly from the binding of the US). Top edge dust soiled. Some moisture (?) marking to the boards, and the cloth a little rubbed and frayed at the backstrip ends and corner tips. Free endpapers toned, and with a touch of minor soiling to very occasional leaf margins. A good copy. No dust wrapper. The author's fifth novel, the semi-autobiographical story detailing the life and sexual adventures of an artist. Shortly after publication the book was declared potentially obscene and recalled, much to Dreiser's fury. It was eventually re-issued in the US in 1923, selling over 40,000 copies. This UK issue of the original 1915 edition appears most uncommon., Good, No Jacket