Boston: The Limited Editions Club, 1941. Limited Edition. Near fine in highly decorated green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A small quarto measuring 10" by 7". Without a dust jacket or the slip case. One of only 1,500 copies printed with this copy identified as number 435 and signed by the illustrator, Ray J. Holden on the colophon. 468 pages including an index and text. Illustrated with 40 half-tones by R. J. Holden and with an introduction by M. A. DeWolfe Howe.

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Bookseller: Town's End Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: TB26077
Title: The Flowering of New England
Author: Brooks, Van Wyck
Book Condition: Used
Edition: Limited Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Limited Editions Club
Place of Publication: Boston
Date Published: 1941

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