1926 From an Old House

Description

First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

The first trade edition of this work, which was published in a limited edition the year prior.

In the very scarce publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.

A history of a Pennsylvania Dutch farmhouse which began construction in 1712 and was completed in 1924. The work is described by the publisher as a 'valuable contribution both to literature and to early Americana'.

Illustrated with a frontispiece and sixteen photographic plates by Philip B. Wallace. Collated, complete.

The work of Joseph Hergesheimer, an American writer of the early 20th century, known for his novels of decadent life amongst the wealthy of America.