The Duke inpersonating a Barber impersonating a Duke
Monsieur Beaucaire.
New York: McClure, Phillips & Co, 1900.
Price: $200.00
About the item
First edition, first issue with publisher's seal measuring 1/2inch. Illustrated by C. D. Williams. 1 vols. 8vo. Original red cloth gilt. Fine, bright copy. Merle Johnson page 489.
Item #41619
Tarkington's amusing tale of Eighteenth-century Bath and the young French Duke of Orleans who, while impersonating a barber, is presented to Bath society as a duke, all in pursuit of romance.
Author's First book.
