Love's Lady - Margaret Lyon Smith

“In buying books bearing the A.L. Burt Company imprint you are assured of wholesome, entertaining and instructive reading” (from advertisement at the back). This particular book from A.L. Burt Company, Love’s Lady, appears to be a traditional marriage plot complicated by money, meddling, society, and the expanding degree of independence granted to women in the early 1900s. This edition in conjunction with a concurrent printing by Edward J. Clode appear to be the only printings of this novel. There are only five copies appearing in various libraries according to WorldCat. Title: Love’s Lady Author: Margaret Lyon Smith Publisher: L. Burt Company Place: New York Year: 1930 Length: 277pp Dimensions: 25” x 7.63” x 1.13” Condition: Tea green cloth-covered boards are in good condition. There is noticeable wear and fraying on the corners and at the edges of the spine. The pine is also tanned to a pale orang-y color. Titles are printed in black ink on the front cover and spine. The binding is slightly loose but complete—no missing pages. The pages are clean yet darkened from age—no folds, tears, or extraneous marks.