BACKWATER by T.S. Stripling, First Edition, 1930, VERY RARE Southern Miss. Life ELVES & GNOMES First edition from 1863 in

First edition from 1863 in excellent condition

An exceedingly rare and well preserved copy by Algot Lange

first printing autobiography of the famous Art Deco artist and illustrator

Publisher: Blue Ribbon Books

Old Father Time and His Twelve Children

BACKWATER by T.S. Stripling, First Edition, 1930, VERY RARE Southern Miss. Life ELVES & GNOMES First edition from 1863 inBACKWATER by T. S. Stripling is a novel of the Tennessee backwoods, concerning class struggle and acceptance against a background of the dangers of the Mississippi flooding. "Old Bill Jack Murdock, the local bootlegger, his son Jim, college bred and aware that he is a social outcast, and Mary Sue, the delicate and aristocratic daughter of Mr. Meredith are the chief figures in this drama." DETAILS: Hardcover Publisher: New York Doubleday, Doran & Co.