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The Home-maker (Persephone Books, No. 7)

Author(s):

Fisher, Dorothy Canfield; Knox, Karen (preface)

Illustrator(s):

Binding:

Softcover

Volume Condition:

Near Fine

Dust Jacket:

Yes

Dust Jacket Condition:

Very Good

Dust Jacket Protection:

N/A

Edition:

1st Thus

Impression:

–

Signature:

None

Language:

English

Publisher Name:

Persephone Books

Publication Year:

1999

Publication Place:

Bath, UK

ISBN:

–

Book ID:

039156

Catalogue(s):

Fiction – General ◇ Series Books

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1st thus. xiv, [2], 268, [4]pp. Grey stiff card covers. Colour patterned endpapers, design taken from ‘Galway’, a silk, velvet and terry frabric manufactured by Warner for the export market from 1917 onwards. 12mo Volume is neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original grey dust wrapper, a little shelf worn and very slightly toned at edges. Bookmark promoting the volume and matching the design of the endpapers loosely laid in.

First published in 1924 and an instant bestseller, The Home-maker is set in small-town New England and relates the story of Eva, a young girl quite literally dying of bordom, but whose life is changed when her father falls off a roof. Dorothy Canfield Fisher was responsible for introducing the Montessori method in the United States and the Montessori influence can be traced in this brave and remarkable novel.

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