The Strange Woman

By Sidney McCALL

Published by Syndicate Publishing Company, New York, 1914.  First Edition. Very good hardcover in good dustjacket. Tight binding, solid spine, strong hinges & joints, unmarked text. DJ has edge wear, tears and chips, previous owner’s signature to front endpaper. 381 pages. Edna Crompton dustjacket art. Novel of unconventional romance adapted from William J. Hurlbut's play by the same name.

Edna Crompton (1882-1952) was an American artist and illustrator from the “Golden Age of illustration“. She painted with oil on canvas, portraits of women. Mainly in the 1920s, her oil paintings were used as covers in American magazines like The Saturday Evening Post, Redbook magazine, The modern Priscilla and Metropolitan. Besides, she also created art calendars for the Osborne Calendar Company.


Loc: C5

STRANGE WOMAN Flapper 1914 First Edition Edna Crompton Art Design Romance HC DJ

The Strange Woman

By Sidney McCALL

Published by Syndicate Publishing Company, New York, 1914.  First Edition. Very good hardcover in good dustjacket. Tight binding, solid spine, strong hinges & joints, unmarked text. DJ has edge wear, tears and chips, previous owner’s signature to front endpaper. 381 pages. Edna Crompton dustjacket art. Novel of unconventional romance adapted from William J. Hurlbut's play by the same name.

Edna Crompton (1882-1952) was an American artist and illustrator from the “Golden Age of illustration“. She painted with oil on canvas, portraits of women. Mainly in the 1920s, her oil paintings were used as covers in American magazines like The Saturday Evening Post, Redbook magazine, The modern Priscilla and Metropolitan. Besides, she also created art calendars for the Osborne Calendar Company.


Loc: C5