THE BELFRY (ML# 68.1, FALL 1918 FIRST BONI AND LIVERIGHT, Brown Leatherette)

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SHEPARDSON BOOKSTALL, 20 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE. RARE SURVIVING BONI AND LIVERIGHT FIRST, FALL 1918 BOOK. THIS TITLE HAS BEGUN TO BE REPRINTED. BOOK: C5 Catalog with 66 Titles listed at front across from title page; Gold Boni and LIveright logo on front (1917-25); Spine #1 (1917-19); Brown Leatherette with wrinkling on spine; odd Brodzky brown endpapers. (see scan). PLOT: THE BELFRY, is told in three "books" all of which are included here. The first one tells of Tasker "Jimmy" Jevons, the reader is introduced to Jimmy by the narrator, a friend named Walter. It is 1905 and Jimmy is a young struggling journalist without a half crown to his name, but with big dreams. These dreams include winning the heart of Walter's beautiful secretary, Viola. Much to the disbelief and somewhat annoyance of Walter (and those around him) Jimmy professes great foreknowledge of his future success as well as various events that will occur over the course of the next few months or years. To make matters worse, scandal ensues when Viola is discovered to have traveled to Belgium with Jimmy to see a belfry. SHEPARDSON BOOKSTALL, 20 YEARS OF ABEBOOKS EXCELLENCE. N° de ref. del artículo 2209

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