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The Prodigal Pro Tem
Frederick Orin Bartlett
Frederick Orin Bartlett (1876-1945) was an American writer. This is the British edition of a book first published in Boston in 1910 by Small, Maynard and Company with illustrations by Howard Chandler Christy (1872-1952).
First British edition
Bibliography code: PAL-12.2
Publisher: Frank Palmer
Series: none
Year: 1912
Format: 8vo
Pages: vi, pp 319
Binding: Crimson-red decorated cloth with picture and text in green, grey and white. At top white gate stands open with green bushes and house behind. Title, author beneath in grey. Grey line border. Title, surname of author and publisher in grey on spine. Small roundel in 3 colours of trees, stream and clouds plus two small grey hearts.
Size: 186 x 132 mm
Dust jacket (click to enlarge)
Dust jacket signed: Same illustration as frontispiece, signed in white, lower right. Printed on heavy grey paper.
Internal illustrations: Frontispiece only; other illustrations by Howard Chandler Christy
Price: 6 shillings
Printing history: First published 1912
Printed by: Mercat Press, Edinburgh
Notes: The title page states that the frontispiece is by W.H. Caffyn, but it is by Blampied.