Romney: And Other New Works about Philadelphia by Wister, Owen - 2001

Penn State University Press. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Penn State University Press, 2001-09-05. Hardcover. New.

University Park, PA, U.S.A.: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2001. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Bound in full, light blue cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Marbled blue endpapers. 259pps., with 10 full-page illustrations and a frontispiece of the subject. There is a very slight splay to the front board, otherwise flawless: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is as new. SIGNED and dated by the editor -- without further inscription -- on the title-page. <br><br><b><font color=#003366> "Owen Wister is known to most Americans as the creator of the heroic cowboy in The Virginian (1902). Despite his success as a Western novelist, Wister's failure to write about his native city of Philadelphia has been lamented by many for the loss of a literary 'might-have-been.' If only, sighed Wister's contemporary Elizabeth Robins Pennell in 1914, the novelist… Read More

Penn State University Press, 2001-09-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!