The Ne'er-Do-Well
NY: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1911. Howard Chandler Christy. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 5"x7.5"x1.5". 401 pagination. Blue cloth boards, gilt title with photo on front by Christy. Gilt letters on spine. Some fading to cover. Frontispiece B&W illustration with tissue in place by Christy "The day you and I are married I'm going to send him a wreath of poison ivy." Colophon on title page w/date. 7 additional illustrations. PON inside front and back covers. Mooris Book Shop of Chicago label inside front cover. Rubs and edge wear. Spine slight slant, binding tight. Not x-library. Very Good / no jacket. Item #2185
"It is a fun story...The rich playboy, is kidnapped by his friends, drugged and put on a ship to Panama with no clothes or luggage. He works on the building of the Panama Canal to earn passage homes. He goes home as a man of responsibility who has made good and has be come a man instead of a playboy." Goodreads 3.64.
Price: $15.00