NY: Macmillan. Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn and sunned, front hinge cracked, . spine cracked.. 1900. First Printing. Hardcover. Decorative red cloth binding with design of flowering hemp plant stamped in green, silver and gold on front boards. Top edges gilt. 385pp + [5]pp of publisher ads. A vintage novel about a young Kentucky hemp farmer, who wrestles with religious doubts and feelings of love. Frontispiece and eight inserted plates, including several photographs of hemp plants and fields and illustrations by Harry Fenn and J. C. Earl. BAL 466, first state, first printing. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

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Bookseller: Old Saratoga Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 42572
Title: The Reign of Law: A Tale of the Kentucky Hemp Fields
Author: Allen, James Lane
Illustrator: Harry Fenn; J. C. Earl
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn and sunned, front hinge cracked, spine cracked.
Edition: First Printing
Publisher: Macmillan
Place of Publication: NY
Date Published: 1900
Weight: 0.00 lbs
Keywords: Hemp, Kentucky Fiction, Decorative Bindings, 1900s Fiction, Cannabis, BAL
Bookseller catalogs: Fiction;

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Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.

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