1914, 1st Edition, Signed by the Author, The Bail sell Jumper, Written by Robert James Campbell Stead

sell Stead, Robert J. C. [James Campbell]. The Bail Jumper. Toronto: Briggs, 1914. First edition. pp. 335. 8vo. Bound in raspberry-red cloth with gilt lettering to spine, and cream lettering and rules to front board. Title page in red and black. Minor edgewear, a few spots to foredge and contents, owner's name to ffep, front endpaper split for 1" in centre of hinge, binding square and sound, contents unmarked. Hardcover.
SIGNED by author on front free endpaper. With a clipping laid-in, about a visit Stead's paid to Winnipeg in 1940, to speak at the Winnipeg Press club. This is the first of Stead's novels, and follows two previously published books of poetry. Scarce in any copy; this is a signed first. Watters p. 397. Peel 4076. (#070675)$60.00 USD