Power Lot

New York: The Baker & Taylor Co., 1906 Illustrated by Alex O. Levy with five plates including a frontispiece. First edition, first printing. Publisher's blue-green decorative cloth, with Art Deco landscape stamped in blue, green, and gilt to front board and spine, and top edge gilt. Near fine, with light rubbing to spine ends, light spotting to text block edges, and soiling to copyright page. Overall, an elegant decorative binding. Sarah Pratt McLean Greene (1856-1935) was an American regionalist writer, whose works were set in New England and, later in life, the western United States. She is best known for her 1881 book Cape Cod Folks, which was adapted into a 1924 silent film titled Her Man. She wrote fourteen books in total, including Vesty of the Basins (1892) and Deacon Lysander.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine.