The Lover's Baedeker and Guide to Arcady
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company (1912), 1912. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. [4], vii-viii, [4], 1-115, [1] pp. Quarter red cloth over white pictorial boards printed in white, red, green, and blue. Maps on the endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $1.00 net on the front flap and on the spine panel of the dust jacket. With 22 illustrations in color (full-page and in-text) by A.D. Blashfield and with maps by Geo. Hood. Wells' book is a work of romantic fiction: here she describes a land called Arcady in the kingdom of Arcadia, where lovers can go to experience romantic bliss after being serenaded by cherubs and the smell of the local flowers. There is a cherub in nearly every illustration. Very Good / Fair. Item #000014115
Rubbing to the boards' edges; jacket shows a few chips and has three large tape repairs on its reverse. A 1917 gift inscription on the first blank leaf.
Price: $100.00