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Holliday, Robert Cortes : Walking-Stick Papers

George H. Doran Company, New York, 1918

Original publisher's light brown boards backed with brown cloth. Original white dust wrapper included. 5 1/2" x 8." 309 pages, complete. Pages and covers of the book are very clean and intact overall. Top and bottom of the text block have slight discoloration not affecting the interior part of the pages. Binding is tight. Dust wrapper is clean and intact overall. Back panel has a chip in the upper-left corner and a few closed tears at the bottom edge and upper-right corner. Spine of dust wrapper has slight chipping at the head and tail and a tear measuring about 3/4" x 1/4" at the center. A Very Good book in a Good dust wrapper. Robert Cortes Holliday (1880-1947) was an American author and editor. This book is a collection of essays about various subjects. The front panel of the dust wrapper includes several positive reviews about this book. The following are the essay titles: "Prologue: On Carrying a Cane," "The Fish Reporter," "On Going a Journey," "Going to Art Exhibitions," "A Roundabout Paper," "That Reviewer 'Cuss,'" "Literary Levities in London," "Henry James, Himself," "Memories of a Manuscript," "'You Are an American," "Why Men Can't Read Novels by Women," "The Dessert of Life," "A Clerk May Look at a Celebrity," "Caun't Speak the Language," "Hunting Lodgings," "My Friend, the Policeman," "Help Wanted--Male, Female," "Human Municipal Documents," "As to People," "Humours of the Book Shop," "The Deceased," "A Town Constitutional," "Reading After Thirty," and "Epilogue: On Wearing a Hat.". Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Good

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