The Shepherd of the Hills Hardcover - 1961

New York, NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1961 Grosset & Dunlap, New York. c1961; 1961 Printing based on city code (10) and style of G&D emblem. Hardcover. Facsimile Reprint of the 1907 copy. G&D # on tail of DJ is 1056. Edition/printing not stated. Rubber stamp and signature for original post office in Notch Missouri, which was the model for Uncle Ike's Post Office in Harold Bell Wright's novel, The Shepherd of the Hills. Signed by Oscar R. Morrill, Alfred R. Morrill, and Layne Morrill, the son, grandson, and granddaughter of Levi Morrill, the postmaster of Uncle Ike's Post Office. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bumping to tail and upper rear tip; slight fading to tinted textblock top. DJ: Good +; NOT Price Clipped ($1.95); shelfwear to head, tail, and tips; light toning to panels. Blue tweed boards and spine with blue lettering on the spine. 348 pp 8vo. Harold Bell Wright, an ailing minister-author who traveled to the Ozarks for his health discovered much more than he sought in the hill country. As he regained his strength in the healthful, peaceful atmosphere, he began writing a manuscript which would become the fourth most widely-read book in publishing history. It would also spark a nationwide interest and bring the first wave of tourism into the Missouri Ozarks. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket. Laid in are two authentic postcards from Uncle Ike's Post Office of original characters from the book; Dod Howitt and Ralph Waldo Powell. A clean and very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.