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Indianapolis and New York: Bobbs-Merrill Co., [1942]. 292 pages. Original maroon cloth stamped in black and gold on the spine. [21 cm.] Near very good, lacking the dust jacket. Spine slightly faded and with faint vertical crease, minor wear at ends, and gilt decorations partially flaked. Volume is also bit cocked and shows some rather faint spotting to covers. Leaves just a trifle toned, but clean. FIRST EDITION, so stated. PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND WITH AN ORIGINAL DRAWING BY HER, on the front free endpaper. The inscription reads: "Affectionate greetings to Marion Mason, one of my best friends and severest critics. Isabella Holt Finnie, March 2, 1942." The drawing depicts a person writing at a desk with a vase of flowers. Isabella Holt Finnie (1892-1962), a native of Chicago and later a resident of Detroit and Grosse Point, Michigan, wrote a number of novels concerned with domestic life in the upper Midwest.