FREE
Harcourt, 1930. Item #49930
NILES, Blair. [Pseudonym of Mary Blair Beebe]. FREE. NY: Harcourt, Brace, [1930]. Small 8vo., cloth in dust jacket. Believed to be the first edition but only the date appears on the copyright page with no statement of edition. Signed presentation by Niles on front endpaper: Marion Clyde McCarroll, with best wishes from Blair Niles. January 1930." Mary Blair Beebe was wife of explorer and naturalist William Beebe. After her divorce she married Robert Niles. She was the first woman to enter the notorious Devil's Island penal colony. Very Good (minor wear covers); some wear (small chips, large tears repaired internally with archival tape) d/j. $375.00.
Price: $375.00