Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1917. First Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth spine, gray boards, horse and carriage design to front board. Inscribed to the ffep by Morley. Ex-college library gift copy with minimal library markings (bookplate to fep and pencilled number at rear, no other library markings. ) First edition, first issue with the misprints on pages 4 and 169. Spine and board edges rubbed, points frayed, even mild soil. Front hinge tender, very slightly cocked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 190 pages; Signed by Author .

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Although my name appears on the title page, the real author of this book is Miss Helen McGill (now Mrs. Roger Mifflin), who told me the story with her own inimitable vivacity. And on her behalf I want to send to you these few words of acknowledgment.

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Bookseller: curtis paul books inc. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 19980
Title: Parnassus on Wheels
Author: Morley, Christopher
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good with no dust jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Doubleday, Page & Company
Place of Publication: Garden City
Date Published: 1917

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