1939 "First Edition" stated on copyright page; The Maestro Company publishers; hardbound with red boards and gilt bird on cover; gilt lettering on spine; very good condition inside; boards have minor spots on front (pic), otherwise very good; original owners name inside front (nice cursive); no dust jacket.
 
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"came then the World War.  I had not needed to go - I had escaped the draft - but before 1917 I had become utterly weary of living for material possions and pleasures...And the war, though it gave me no purpose in life, promised diversion..."