The Third Violet
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. About Very Good. Early leather binding with five raised bands, dulled gilt on the spine, rubbed at the hinges. Square and firmly bound but with the first few leaves becoming loose, original cloth cover bound-in at the rear, bookplates inside the front board and on the front endpaper. Crane's attempt at a romance novel, with contemporary critics calling it "vacuous trifle," and "as inane a story of summer resort flirtations as was ever written." Very Good. Item #3569
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