New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1909. Reprint. Very Good+/Very Good+. Howard Chandler Christy, Illustrator. Grosset & Dunlap edition in scarce lovely illustrated dust jacket. Very clean red cloth boards with stamped cream lettering on cover and spine. No fraying or fading. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers (brief previous owner note neatly penned on front free endpaper). Illustrated by Howard Chandler Christy. 365 pages. Color illustrated dust jacket (by Howard Chandler Christie) a few tiny edge chips and short closed edge tears, hint of very light rubbing. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A story of university life in Ithaca New York, but with a heroine from the fishing class that dwelt along the shores of Cayuga Lake. She falls in love with a university student of aristocratic traditions, suave speech and courteous manners; a man far above Tess socially. This book received many favorable reviews and was made into four different film adaptations.
Title: Tess of the Storm Country
Edition: Reprint.
Illustrator: Howard Chandler Christy, Illustrator
Location Published: New York, Grosset & Dunlap: 1909
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good+
Jacket Condition: Very Good+
Type: Book
Categories: Books into Film, Fiction, Old dust jackets
Seller ID: 025366
Keywords: books into film, fiction, grace miller white, ithaca, new york, novel, old dust jackets 1900's, romance