Brothers Of No Kin And Other Stories

CONRAD RICHTER

Publication: Hinds, Hayden & Eldredge, Inc, 1924, New York

First edition. 8vo. Author's first book. Signed by the author on the front free fly leaf. Maroon cloth, titles stamped in gilt on the front cover and spine, viii, 340 pp., foreword by the publishers. Laid in is a typed letter signed by Harvena Richter, the author's daughter, informing a fan that Brothers of No Kin was Richter's "first book and no volume of his fiction was published between that and Early Americana."

A collection of early American tales that celebrate courage, endurance, humility, and moral integrity, while laying the foundation for the frontier themes that made Conrad Richter famous.

This is a fine bright copy in the first issue dust jacket with slightly darkened spine, short tear to spine and with a few small chips at spine ends and corners.