The Country Of The Pointed Firs

Boston: Houghton Mifflin And Company, 1897. First Edition. Very near fine in light green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and gilt text and decorations on the front board. A 16 mo of 6 7/8 by 4 1/2 inches with the cloth over the spine slightly tanned and with rubbing to the cloth at the upper and lower edges of the spine. The contents are bright, tight and clean. Without a dust jacket and probably as issued. 213 pages of text followed by two pages of ads by the publisher. A novel which takes place on the seacoast of Maine. The decorative cover art to the front board is in a wonderful Art Nouveau style by Sarah Wyman Whitman. (Minsky, (truncated) The Art Of American Book Covers 1875-1930 p.27) (Inventory #: TB32628)