signed first edition
(1926) · New York
by Birge, Edward Coley
New York: The Writers Publishing Co., Inc., (1926). First Edition. Very good in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A 12mo measuring 7 3/8" by 4 7/8" with rubbing and wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and with what appears to be two narrow white paint stains on the front board. Without a dust jacket. Signed by the author on the first free end page without an inscription or date. 200 pages of text with a postscript by Mary Coley Gage. Illustrated with a frontispiece of an early engraving by John Warner Barber of the bridge over the Saugatuck River in the center of town as well as four black and white photographic plates. (Inventory #: TB28285)