PYLE, HOWARD. The Book of the American Spirit. Compiled by Merle Johnson and edited by Francis J. Dowd. 22 color plates and numerous black-and-white illustrations from engravings, paintings and drawings throughout by Howard Pyle. Small folio, publisher's cloth-backed boards with color pictorial onlay, scattered rubbing and faint spotting, spine faded; contemporary owner's ink signature; lacks dust jacket. stated first edition. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1923