The Duke inpersonating a Barber impersonating a Duke
Monsieur Beaucaire.
New York: McClure, Phillips & Co, 1900.
Price: $225.00
About the item
First edition, first issue, with the publisher’s seal measuring one-half inch. Illustrated by C. D. Williams. 128, [1]pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The Duke inpersonating a Barber impersonating a Duke. Original red cloth gilt, t.e.g. Fine, bright copy. In half morocco slipcase and cloth chemise. Merle Johnson page 489.
Item #226170
After years of collecting rejection slips, Booth Tarkington’s first published work The Gentleman from Indiana (1899) made him “the most famous young man in America” and quickly led to the publication of “Monsieur Beaucaire, an 18th-century romance that Tarkington had actually written first but had not been able to place with a publisher. This popular work was turned into plays… operettas, and later movies starring Rudolph Valentino and Bob Hope” (ANB).
