The Arrow Maker: A Drama in Three Acts

New York: Duffield and Company, 1911. First edition. Hardcover. Good +. 128pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Light brown paper over boards with printed paper title labels on the spine and front board. Ex-library, with traces of library markings on the rear endpaper. Spine subtly darkened. Ex-libris Emma K. Willits, with her bookplate on the front pastedown. Emma K. Willits (20 September 1869 – 9 April 1965) was a physician and surgeon who played a significant role in the development of Children's Hospital in San Francisco (now the California campus [Women and Children's Center] of the California Pacific Medical Center), serving as the head of the Department of General Surgery from 1921 to 1934. She is thought to be the third woman to specialize in surgery in the United States, and the first to head a surgery department. A play set among the Paiute Indians. A nice association copy. (Inventory #: 68898)