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When A Man Marries
by
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Harrison Fisher Dust Jacket
Shown with Complimentary Matching BookmarkColor Frontispiece by Harrison Fisher
Copious pen and ink drawings by Mayo Bunker
GROSSET & DUNLAP Early Reprint, 1909
(Bobbs Merrill 1909)
THE VOLUME: The Reprint's beautiful cover illustration is the illustration used in the First Edition for both the frontispiece and its dust jacket.
This reprint had one additional color illustration by Fisher, shown here as the frontispiece, but I have seen some copies of the reprint which did not have any interior color illustrations at all. (The first edition had five.) So, when considering buying a copy of the reprint, it would always be a good thing to check on. There are pen and ink drawings by Mayo Bunker all throughout the book. They show up about every third page and greatly add to the story.
THIS DUSTJACKET: A NEW FACSIMILE copy of the very scarce jacket with Harrison Fisher artwork, which sold with the reprint edition, made from a scan of an original in very good condition, printed on one sheet of acid-free paper by an archival inkjet printer (80 yr. inks), and preserved in archival plastic. This dust jacket uses another of the color illustrations which appeared in the first edition.
THE STORY: This is a VERY FUN read. My husband and I read it aloud and did a lot of laughing. There is a mystery in the story. A group of friends are quarantined together for seven days, during which the main character is pretending to be the wife of one man, while falling in love with another. It began as a very successful play originally called “Seven Days,” which the dust jacket makes reference to. A must for every Rinehart fan, I'd say.
Each Dust Jacket costs $12.00 and comes with a complimentary matching bookmark and protective cover. (Price is reduced to $10.00 when three or more djs are ordered.)
If you'd like assistance in obtaining a copy of this book with a facsimile dust jacket, please feel free to contact me.
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