Smith, C. Alphonso: O. Henry Biography

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Smith, C. Alphonso : O. Henry Biography

Doubleday, Page and Company, Garden City, NY, 1916

Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt lettering on the spine. 6 1/4" x 9 1/2." 251 pages, complete. Pages and covers are clean and intact overall. Misbound with duplicates of Pages 7-22 included. Possible glue repair (barely noticeable) for the plates on Pages 186 and 200. Spine is sunned. William Sydney Porter (1862-1910) was an American author. He wrote under the pen name of O. Henry (short for "Olivier Henry"). Porter was a prolific writer and was known for his short stories with surprise endings. The chapters of his biography are titled as follows: "The Life and the Story," "Vogue," "Ancestry," "Birthplace and Early Years," "Ranch and City Life in Texas," "The Shadowed Years," "Finding Himself in New York," "Favourite Themes," and "Last Days." Index in the back.. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover

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