The Dust Flower

by KING, Basil

$275 · Offered by Biblio

First edition · In dust jacket

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1922. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Illustrated by Hibbard V.B. Kline. Fine in fine dustwrapper with a touch of rubbing. Rich young man is paralized by indecision when he can't decide which of the two women that love him to marry. Basis for the 1922 silent film directed by Rowland V. Lee and featuring Helene Chadwick, James Rennie, and Claude Gillingwater. King was a very popular novelist who aligned himself with Arthur Conan Doyle in espousing spiritualism. Scarce in jacket and in especially in nice condition.

• Publisher: Harper & Brothers
• Year: 1922
• Edition: First Edition
• Binding: hardcover

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