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The flowering of New England / by Van Wyck Brooks ; with an introduction by M.A. De Wolfe Howe and illustrations by R.J. Holden.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection AC9 B7918 936f 1941
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brooks, Van Wyck, 1886-1963.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature--New England.
- American literature.
- Civilization.
- New England.
- American literature--19th century--History and criticism.
- New England--Civilization.
- Penn Provenance:
- Brooks, Van Wyck, 1886-1963 (autograph) (Culture Class Collection copy)
- Holden, R. J. (Raymond J.), 1901- (autograph) (Culture Class Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xxi pages, 1 unnumbered page, 468 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm
- Other Title:
- Flowering of New England, 1815-1865
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Printed for the Members of The Limited Editions Club at the Merrymount Press, 1941.
- Notes:
- Illustrated t.-p.
- "'The Flowering of New England' is copyright 1936 by E. P. Dutton and Co. The special contents of this edition are copyright 1941 by The Limited Editions Club."
- "The drawing on page 1 after a watercolor by Vautin is used by permission of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Some of the other illustrations are based on prints in the collections of the Boston Athenaeum."
- "'The Flowering of New England' was awarded The Limited Editions Club's Gold Medal in November, 1938. This edition was prepared for the members of the Club by D. B. Updike, The Merrymount Press, Boston. The edition consists of fifteen hundred numbered copies. The illustrations were made by Ray H. Holden, who here signs."
- Green cloth embossed with a design of leaves; lettered in gilt on spine. Top edge stained red. Housed in slipcase with paper label on spine.
- Local Notes:
- Culture Class Collection copy has autograph of Van Wyck Brooks.
- Culture Class Collection copy is no. 962 singed by R. J. Holden.
- OCLC:
- 1748292
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