FORD, Julia Ellsworth; HOLMES, John Haynes (introduction by)

Consequences [INSCRIBED ~ John Haynes Holmes' copy]

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1929. First edition. 12mo. (19 cm). 1/2 leather, 1/2 textured paper with gilt-stamped spine and five raised bands; top edge gilt; xv, [1], [2], 3-342 pp. INSCRIBED by the author on the dedication page to John Haynes Holmes who provides the introduction. A novel about the "horrors of the opium habit in the Far East, the responsibility for these horrors of western imperialism and the growing enslavement of our own world to a traffic which has long since subdued the world of India and China." The author was a wealthy socialite who mainly wrote children's books. Holmes was the pastor of The Community Church, NYC, a founding member of both the NAACP and ACLU, and a tireless social reformer. Rubbing along the joints; corners worn and rounded; Holmes' bookplate to front pastedown. Item #03118

Price: $150.00