Mitchell, Donald G. [Donald Grant Mitchell]

Rural Studies, with Hints for Country Places. From the author of "My Farm at Edgewood."

New York: Charles Scribner & Co., 1867.

Octavo (19.4 x 13 cm.), x, 295, [1], 3 pages. Illustrations in the text. Publisher's advertisements at end. Author from spine. Title, early leaves, and advertising printed in black and red. FIRST EDITION, first state with the page number "iv" on the last page of the preface. A book on country architecture and landscape gardening by Mitchell, better known by his pseudonym "Ik. Marvel." "This little book does not treat exhaustively of any of the subjects which are brought to view in its pages; it is more full of suggestion than instruction. Its aim is to stimulate those who live in the country, or who love the country to a fuller and wider range of thinking about the means of making their homes enjoyable." Reissued in 1884 under the title Out-of-Town-Places. ~ Some light soil to a few pages; free front endpaper lightly creased. Light spotting to edge of text block. In publisher's green cloth, titled in gilt on the spine. Damp stain along leading edge of front panel, otherwise only very light wear to cloth. Very good. [OCLC locates only one copy not labeled "microform" or "electronic", but we know that's not right; BAL 13944; Hitchcock 798].

Price: $150.00