The Purple Parasol - George Barr McCutcheon 1905 Dodd, Mead & Co vintage HB Maurice Waite Dust jacket has a few

Dust jacket has a few chips missing

The author was a Scottish soldier

That same year he returned to the USA to work as national correspondent for The Reporter

forty-four stories in all

a twenty-four-year-old from Scotland who was promptly dubbed “Crawfie” by the young Elizabeth and who would stay with the family for sixteen years

The Purple Parasol - George Barr McCutcheon 1905 Dodd, Mead & Co vintage HB Maurice Waite Dust jacket has a fewCondition: Acceptable: Signs of wear and consistent use. States published 1905 on the copyright page but states 1907 on the title page. One of the freepapers has a small tear. See images for the condition of this book. Blurb: A cantankerous old man who I s married to a much younger woman hires a private eye to trail her and her supposed secret lover to the mountains. Toss in some hijinks, a dose of mistaken identity, and a touch of overwrought