Hustler Joe and Other Stories
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1924. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good / No Jacket. Item #2352281
First edition. Lacks scarce jacket. Boards a bit soiled with some abrasions to mounted illustration, pencil name on front endpaper, sticker remnant on rear endpaper. Binding tight and square, text clean and unmarked.
318 pp. Original cloth with black titles and decorations, color illustration mounted on front board. A collection of stories by the author of the novel Pollyanna. Includes: The Atonement of Hustler Joe; Tangled; A Vacation Exchange; The Twins' Journey. Pollyanna became a children's classic, and inspired several film adaptations, including a 1920 version starring Mary Pickford, and a 1960 Disney version featuring Hayley Mills, who won an Oscar for her role. The novel led to the term 'Pollyanna' being used to describe an incurable optimist.
Price: $15.00