"FIFTY IS NO AGE TO GO OUT AND SEEK YOUR FORTUNE"

FOWELL, Edith Anne. Mama Was a Drummer. New York: Vantage, (1956). Octavo, original rose cloth, original dust jacket. $300.

First edition, inscribed by the author, "All Good Wishes to the Friendship Club of Worcester N.Y. Edith Anne Fowell."

An amusing autobiographical account of a woman who became a travelling saleswoman for a housewares firm after her husband's death. Owner stamp on title page.

Book fine, dust jacket with only very minor wear and a bit of fading to spine. A near-fine inscribed copy.