William Sydney Porter is well known by the pen name O. Henry. And O. Henry became known as a master of surprise, with witty short stories that trade on wordplay and surprise twist endings that have become standard fare in the century following his death.  This copy of Roads of Destiny was published by Doubleday, Page & Company for Review of Reviews Co. in 1919.  It is an ex-library copy from the Durham County General Hospital Auxiliary Library.  The cover has just slight wear (see photo), there is separation starting on the inside (see photo) and it has been stamped by the library.  The pages look really good for a book of its age.

(Please Read – I’m elderly and can’t smell very well so I can’t tell if the previous owner was a smoker.  All of my items come from estate, tag or yard sales so I don’t know if the previous owner was a smoker nor if they had an animal.)  

 (51717-534 BO)

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