The Winning of Barbara Worth; Harold Bell Wright

Publisher: A.L. Burt Company Publishers New York Edition:First Edition Year: 1911 Description: F, 511 pp.; rare antique book over 100 years old. The novel has four illustrations from the oil paintings of F. Graham Cootes.; This First Edition (1911) is signed by the author on the front free endpaper with the inscription: " To Miss M. Schmeitzer with kindest regards and best wishes always for the friend of my friend.---Harold Bell Wright Hotel Pennsylvania Oct. 2 1919".; The author also signs his name on the title page.; an owner stamp reading Temelec Recreation, Inc. Sonoma, California appears on the third front free endpaper and again on the rear free endpaper.; Made into a (1926) Hollywood silent movie with Gary Cooper's acting debut. Directed by Henry King starring Ronald Coleman as Willard Holmes, Vilma Banky as Barbara Worth, and Gary Cooper as Abe Lee. Harold Bell Wright was the first American author to sell a million copies of a fiction novel and also the first to make a million