signed Hardcover
1938 · Washington
by PEATTIE, Donald Culross
Washington: Limited Editions Club, 1938. Hardcover. Adhesive remnant from a bookplate on the front pastedown. Spine darkened. Very Good in an intact, Very Good slipcase. Asa Cheffetz. Large octavo (7-1/8" x 9-1/4") bound in full spring-green linen with a tree stamped in black at the center of the front cover and gilt decorations surrounding it, 340 pages. A beautiful edition of this famous work with a new introduction by the author and wonderful wood engravings by Asa Cheffetz. AN ALMANAC FOR MODERNS, the day-to-day observations and reflections of a sensitive naturalist, was awarded the Gold Medal of the Limited Editions Club. Copy #845 of 1500 numbered (truncated)