Owen Johnson — The Varmint

New York, The Baker & Taylor Company, 1910 . First edition. Cloth. Charmingly illustrated throughout, this is the first edition of Owen Johnson's classic prep school tale, in the publisher's original pictorial cloth. The first edition, first printing.A charming tale set at the fictional Lawrenceville School, following the carefree and mischievous exploits of young Dink Stover, a spirited boy whose pranks and scrapes gradually give way to maturity.Illustrated with a frontispiece and five further plates. Collated, complete.This work helped shape the American genre of prep-school fiction.Inscription of Otis J. West to front free endpaper. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, otherwise externally excellent. Inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .