Author: Beston, Henry
Title: The Outermost House. A Year of Life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod Inscribed by Henry Beston with Letter
Description: New York, Doubleday Doran, 1949. 20th Anniversary Edition. 20th Anniversary Edition. Signed by Author. Beston, Henry. THE OUTERMOST HOUSE. A YEAR OF LIFE ON THE GREAT BEACH OF CAPE COD. Signed. New York: Doubleday Doran, (1949). First Twentieth-Anniversary Edition Inscribed by Henry Beston on the front free endpaper. "Signed for Charles...with the warm good wishes of his neighnour.Henry Beston". A near fine copy in jade green cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a very good or better, neatly price-clipped pictorial dustwrapper. Small 8vo. 222 pp. With a special preface by the author. A bright, fresh copy of Henry Beston's now classic observations in the tradition of Henry David Thoreau. Addition note card inside on his personal Chimney Farm, Nobleboro, State of Maine stationary printed blue with his handwriting in blue ink. "Dear Judge .. - Thank you most gratefully for sending me the material about "The Outermost House". I am always very interested in what is being said about my magnum opus. (It still sells well, one is reprinted almost every year. Well, it seems to have become a kind of Nature classic. I liked the Cape, but I have found our blessed Maine a better place to inhabit. I must admit I hear the roar of the surf in my ears now & then! With appreciation & good wishes I am, Most faithfully Your Friend.. Henry Beston. Near fine/Near Fine clipped.

Keywords: Cape Cod, Dunes, Outermost House Biography/Autobiography


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