first edition Hardcover
1967 · Waterville, Maine
by Jewett, Sarah Orne
Waterville, Maine: Colby College Press, 1967. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Enlarged and Revised Edition, with an Introduction and Notes by Richard Cary. This collection of 142 letters provides insights to Miss Jewett's social life, her reactions to the numerous books she read, her modus operandi as an author, and her private gayeties and solemnities. Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909) was an American novelist and short story writer, best known for her local color works set in or near South Berwick, Maine, on the border of New Hampshire, which in her day was a declining New England seaport. Green cloth binding, with gilt titles. Some very light fading along the spine; otherwise a fine copy. (Inventory #: 47559)