The Abandoned Farmers: His Humorous Account of a Retreat from the City to the Farm by Irvin S. Cobb - 1920

New York: George H. Doran Company, 1920. 1st Edition . Hardcover. VG-. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, light brown cloth boards decorated in black on front and spine. The exterior shows spotting and soiling along with edge and corner bumps/wear. The spine has several darker smudge spots present. The internal binding has some minor issues though for the most part is good. Decorated end pages in front and rear with hinges at boards good. The only minor hinge issues found is there's two spots noted, one at page 76 and the other at page 205 where there is a little bit of pulling on the spine and you can just start to see the webbing underneath. The second end page contains a bookmark of the original owner. No other markings found. No handwriting, no library markings, no remainder marks. The rear end page in pastedown is a faint reddish tint area around the illustrations of the pigs. This can be seen in the second photo. First edition thus with first appearing in hardcover in 1920. The copyright page shows two other dates of 1916 and 1919 which is from the Curtis publishing company, who was a magazine and periodical publisher.