The Time of Man by Roberts, Elizabeth Madox - 1926

New York: The Viking Press, 1926. First Edition, First Printing. Small Octavo (7 1/2 x 5 1/8 inches; 190 x 130 mm), 382 pages, in blue cloth, titles to spine, an unclipped illustrated dust jacket.

Kentucky author Elizabeth Madox Roberts's finest work, a coming-of-age novel about the daughter of a poor itinerant farmer. "'The Time of Man'" is a very fine piece of work," Henry Longan Stuart wrote in an enthusiastic review in The New York Times (August 22, 1926, page 41). Striking cover illustration that is, unfortunately, uncredited.

With the bookplate of shipping magnate Clifton Waller Barrett to the front end paper; Barrett donated his massive collection of books and manuscripts to the University of Virginia. The rear paste down carries a sticker noting this book is a duplicate withdrawn from the UVA Library.

This book has been reprinted numerous times. However, copies of the first edition with the dust jacket are quite scarce to the market.

CONDITION: Bumping to spine, some fading to titles, top edge dusty, some soiling to top, fore, and bottom edges, bookplate to front free end paper, small library sticker to rear paste down. Internally, clean, bright, and unmarked. The unclipped dust jacket has a 1 1/2-inch (40 mm) tear to the upper right of the front panel, along with a few other nicks and chips, especially to the bottom of the front panel and top of spine, some darkening of the spine and soiling to rear panel. Overall, Good or better.