Pleasant Valley

Louis Bromfield (AUTHOR SIGNED)

Published by Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York, NY, 1945

About this Item

Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York. 1945. Hardcover. Stated 14th Edition (A-V; January 1946). Inscribed by the author on the half title page at Malabar (farm) in 1946. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; superficial moisture spots to finish on front and rear boards; light dust soiling to textblock top; light shelfwear to head, tail, and tips; page 301-302 is missing a lower corner piece probably from printing process. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($3.00); chipping to tail; light wear to head and tips; slight suntanning to spine. Black cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine in a red shadowbox; Harper emblem in red and black on front board. Pictorial endpapers. Clean internals. Interior hinges are sound and not split. 300 numbered pages 8vo. This book is largely the story of one man's lifelong experience with the good earth and in particular the story of his life on a big farm in the hill country of Ohio. Returning to America from 15 years in France, the author bought four mismanaged farms in Ohio and combined them into Malabar. This book is the story agriculture and conservation on the farm, the farm animals, and of the people -settlers to present farmers- who inhabit Pleasant Valley. This is Bromfield telling an unpretentious story of the land and the people that are closest to him. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket. Seller Inventory # 014878

Bibliographic Details

Title: Pleasant Valley

Publisher: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York, NY

Publication Date: 1945

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: Kate Lord

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

Edition: 5th or later Edition