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Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1936. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Ex-library. Few library markings. Light corner and spine end wear.. 1 Light orange cloth over boards. Gold titles. Blind-stamped small music & laurel symbol. viii, 293 p. front., plates, ports., map. 23 cm. Includes: Maps, Portraits, Plates. Autobiographical sequel to "Roman Spring", dedicated by Mrs. Chanler to her 21 grandchildren. This stage of her life begins near 1901 as she and her husband return to Rhode Island, having been in Rome with her father during his last years, and settling his estate. By the volume's "Envoi", her home is Sweet Briar Farm still, outside of Geneseo in upstate New York, where they had raised 7 children. Winthrop had died in 1929 but had served in the Italian Front during WWI a decade earlier. Theirs was a life of grand horseback riding hunts, culture, travel, and established wealth. She writes well of that world and those who peopled it and were their friends.
Autumn in the Valley by Chanler, Margaret Terry [Mrs Winthrop Chanler] - 1936
by Chanler, Margaret Terry [Mrs Winthrop Chanler]
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Autumn in the Valley
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Boston, MA.: Little, Brown & Company, 1936 Memoir of the period 1900-1930 by the wife of wealthy Winthrop Astor Chanler with interesting observations on some of the famous society names of the "Gilded Age" and of the places she lived in and visited. Some details given of her husband's activities in the Messina Earthquake of 1908 and his service during World War I. She also describes a private Aegean cruise in 1926 as a guest of her friend Edith Wharton [p.209-242] 293p. plates. map index. Signed by author. Nice tight copy Bookplate of previous owner. Front panel of dj laid in. Signed by Author. 1st US Edition.. Hardcover. Good - Very Good/No Jacket.
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- Date Published 1936
- Keywords BIOGRAPHY ASTOR CHANLER FAMILY AEGEAN ISLANDS GREECE
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Autumn in the Valley
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