Lola the Bear: A Tale for Men and Boys

First Edition illustrated by Lynd Ward, including three full-page plates and a color frontispiece. Marbled cloth boards with lettering in gilt to front and spine. Spine ends and corners lightly bumped and worn. Top edge of text block dust soiled with some spotting along front gutter. Pages lightly toned, otherwise clean and unmarked. In the scarce dust jacket, unclipped, with moderate soiling and creasing. Shallow chipping at spine ends and corners. Several short tears with one, about an inch long, on front panel near spine. Separation along front turn, but holding. Tape repair on verso. Better than Very Good in a Good dust jacket. Rideout was a popular American author during the early part of the 20th century. Lola the Bear, a coming-of-age tale filled with adventure, was Rideout?s final novel, published one year after his death. Additionally, this fairly obscure work, which features Lynd Ward?s illustrations, was published just one year before his now famous Gods? Man (1929), the first wordless novel in the United States, believed to be the precursor of the modern graphic novel.…