FORTY-ODD YEARS IN THE LITERARY SHOP. JAMES L. FORD, E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY, NEW YORK, 1921.
 
Dramatic critic and editor Ford presents a lively, anecdote-filled history of New York City in the last three decades of the 19th century.
 
James Lauren Ford was a humorist and author, who for many years was literary critic of the old New York Herald. At the age of 16 he came to New York and started his more than half century of writing for the Railway Gazette. In his book, Forty-Odd Years in the Literary Shop, he told with his characteristic satiric humor and shrewd observation of his manifold experiences as an author in this city.
 
Dark blue hardcover book with a bold gilt title to the front. Secure binding with a light top spine shift, clean pages and mild cover wear. About 8-1/4 x 5-3/4 with 362 pages. Illustrated.