NY: Davenport Press, 1987. Reprint edition. 8vo. Xvi, 279pp, 8pp. bibliography. Full tan cloth with gilt spine titles, in fine condition. Unclipped "$18.95" jacket with several short closed tears along top edge of front and rear panels, with a shallow band of loss at the head of the spine. Inscribed to ffep by Milburn's widow Mary, "In memory of George Milburn, whom I wish you had known."
Reprint of Milburn's under-appreciated novel, originally published in 1936, detailing the effects prompted by the arrivalf of the Montgomery Ward and Sears Roebuck catalogues on a cast of more than 70 characters living in a small Oklahoma town. This edition with introduction by Lewis Davenport.
