1. American Beauty. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1931.
First Edition. Octavo, original red cloth over boards, stamped in gilt, stained top edge, illustrated dust jacket, illustrated endpapers, black and white illustrations throughout. Set in the Housatonic region of Connecticut, the story, spanning the years 1700 to 1930, relates the steady decline of the Oakes family and their property, as well as their tense relations with Polish immigrants. Very Good, some foxing to pages, in Very Good dust jacket, slight chipping to corners and spine ends, darkening to spine. Item #250982