The Inky Way by Rice, Alice Hegan - 1941

New York: D. Appleton-Century. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1940. Hardcover. Light wear to cover corners and spine ends. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 282 pages .

New York: D. Appleton-Century. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1940. Hardcover. Minor spine wear / rubbing. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 282 pages .

New York: D. Appleton-Century Company Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1940, viii, 281pp, index, illustrated. Extremities lightly worn, else VG. The author (1870-1942) was born in Shelbyville, Kentucky at the home of her grandfather, but lived in Louisville all of her life. Her first novel MRS WIGGS OF THE CABBAGE PATCH was an overnight success, making her immediately famous. It had a remarkable publishing history, remaining on the best seller list for two years, going through more than a hundred printings, was made into a movie four times, and ran on Broadway for seven seasons. THE INKY WAY, her last book, published two years before her death, is her autobiography. Today, the home in Old Louisville where she and her husband, Cale Young Rice, lived, is a popular tourist attraction..

Appleton. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1940. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 282 pp; Very nice book in dust jacket with edge wear especially at the tips and spine ends, several short, closed edge tears and two 1 to 2 inch tears in the gutter. .

New York: D. Appleton-Century Co, 1940. First edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very Good/Good+. 8vo. Pp. 282. Frontis. portrait. Illustrated with manuscript facsimiles & black and white photographs. Index. Bound in green cloth with author's signature stamped in gold on cover and gold lettering on spine. Clean and crisp inside and out; dust jacket slightly chipped at head of spine. Please see photo. Literary autobiography of the author best known for "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch" (1901). Dust jacket is now preserved in a clear, removable archival protector.

Publisher, 1940. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.