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New York: Covici Friede. Near Fine. (c.1934). First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [tight clean copy, light wear to extremities, one-time owner's address label on front pastedown; text from jacket flaps affixed to ffep with tape]. Very scarce novel inspired by the life of Mrs. J.J. ( Molly) Brown, lauded by the authors in their Foreword for her "splendid courage, pioneer spirit, adventurous and romantic achievements." "Women give an age its color," they go on to say, and "Mrs. Brown was a glowing character whose career ran through the history of our country for the past twenty-five years. All of the characters in [this book] are fictitious, and all of the events narrated, pure fiction; but the story has its fount and inspiration in the life of a very noble woman [who embodies] the highest spiritual qualities of modern women; emancipated; individual; independent." This book, published just two years after her death, undoubtedly attributed to Mrs.… Read More

First printing inscribed by Lewis Graham on the ffep. 8vo in publisher's cloth. 308 pp. VG. A couple of minor bumps to boards and light wear at corners. Binding is strong. Text block is clean and tight. Lightly fictionalized account of the life of Mrs. J. J. (Molly) Brown published two years after her death, and the basis of the movie The Unsinkable Molly Brown. Ships in a box packed with care.