Davis, Richard Harding. NOVELS AND STORIES (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1916) 11 of 12 volumes. The Crossroads edition, one of 256 numbered copies signed on behalf of the publisher. Portrait frontispiece. 8vo, bound in three-quarter dark green morocco and cloth gilt lettered in one small panel of the spines, the remaining long panel decorated with gilt ruled borders enclosing a long floral decoration in gilt, t.e.g. Spines just a tad darkened, else fine. Richard Harding Davis was the foremost American reporter of the late 19th century and paved the way for the modern profession of Journalism. He was also a well-known and popular novelist and playwright. His fiction is touched with fact as it largely centers on the subjects and localities made so well known to him as a journalist. His mode of writing is dramatic, vivid and picturesque. This Crossroads edition limited to 256 copies was published the year of his death. Price: USD 750.00 other currencies   order no. 3978    inquire

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