Forty Modern Fables

This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some bumping, rubbing and edge wear. There is a slight slant to the spine of the book cover, along with some fading to the color of the cloth. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a former owner's penciled in gift notation on the half title page. More interesting is this copy includes a bookplate for San Francisco Bay Area socialite Amy Requa Long. "Amy Requa Long, later Mitten (1876-1960) , a. K. A. Mrs. Oscar Fitzalan Long, who was one of the East Bay's most prominent socialites who later became a successful businesswoman in her own right. When her husband died she made headlines purchasing two banks in Willits, this coming on the heels of a number of successful real estate deals. Amy Long got involved in real estate when she led the effort to subdivide the Requa Estate on Highland Avenue in Piedmont near their home at 65 Hazel Lane. The Requa house was known as "The Highlands" and could be seen from San Francisco. It contained 40-acres of gardens, but was razed in 1923. After Long's death, she remarried Homer Mitten of Willits. She was also the President of the Women's Athletic Club of Alameda County and served on their board of directors for many years. She was a regular fixture in the local society pages. " (from M. Benjamin Katz, website) .…