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Vein of iron / by Ellen Glasgow.

LIBRA - Rare PS3513.L34 V4 1935b
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Glasgow, Ellen, 1873-1945, author.
Contributor:
Josephy, Robert, book designer.
Harcourt Brace & Company, publisher.
Quinn & Boden Company, printer.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Depressions--Fiction.
Depressions.
Married women--Fiction.
Married women.
Virginia--Fiction.
Virginia.
Domestic fiction.
Depressions--Virginia--History--20th century--Fiction.
Married women--Virginia--Fiction.
Families--Virginia--Fiction.
Families.
Fiction.
Penn Provenance:
Sperr, Portia Hamilton (donor) (Libra Rare copy)
Glasgow, Ellen, 1873-1945 (autograph, August 7, 1935) (bookplate) (Libra Rare copy)
Wellford, Roberta, 1873-1956 (inscription) (Libra Rare copy)
Physical Description:
6 unnumbered pages, 462 pages ; 22 cm
Edition:
[First edition].
Manufacture:
Rahway, N. J. : Quinn & Boden Company
Place of Publication:
New York : Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1935]
Summary:
Set in the historic Great Valley of Virginia, the story centers on the love and marriage of Ada Fincastle, daughter of a Scotch-Irish family whose strength and courage across three generations reflect America's heritage from the earliest days.
Notes:
Maps on lining-papers.
With half-title.
Title printed within decorated maroon border.
"Designed by Robert Josephy."
Local Notes:
LIBRA Rare copy PS3513.L34 V4 1935b was presented to the Penn Libraries by Portia Hamilton Sperr in 2015. Has inscription: For Roberta Wellford, in devoted friendship, from Ellen Glasgow, August 7, 1935" With Glasgow's bookmark.
OCLC:
715870

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