SEELY, Herman Gastrell (1891?1958). A Son of the City: A Story of Boy Life. Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1917. 8vo. Illustrations by Fred J. Arting. Original gilt?stamped pictorial teal cloth; ORIGINAL DUST JACKET (spine sunned, tears with losses at corners and ends). FIRST EDITION of the author?s rare first book, INSCRIBED BY SEELY. ?The Pranks, escapades, physical encounters, battles on the playground, home life of John Fletcher and his chums are set forth in a way that has not been matched since Mark Twain wrote his immortal books of boy life? (from the rear jacket panel). A born and raised Chicagoan, Seely was a reporter and feature writer at the Chicago Herald from 1916?17 and editor at the Chicago Evening Post starting in 1919. We could only locate this work in two institutions including the Library of Congress, neither of which were inscribed or in the rare dust jacket.