A Modern Instance - William Dean Howells 1881 Houghton Mifflin vintage HB noir Trinidad and the mainland of

Trinidad and the mainland of America

is Petrina's illustration for the black linen-covered front cover

Original first edition with matching title date and copyright page date of 1942

in service to the world and to humanity

Blurb: "The Roadmakers left only ruins behind -- but what magnificent ruins

A Modern Instance - William Dean Howells 1881 Houghton Mifflin vintage HB noir Trinidad and the mainland ofCondition: Good: Good condition for a used book! Some wear. Red cloth with gilt lettering. See images for the condition of this book. 34th Impression Blurb: This realistic novel is about the deterioration of a once loving marriage under the influence of capitalistic greed. It is the first American novel by a canonical author to seriously consider divorce as a realistic outcome of marriage.