Small 4to. Green paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. viii, 420pp. Near fine/near fine. Second printing, tight and handsome, of this author's first book, a multi-generational tale set in the family manse in the Detroit suburb of Livonia. Signed and inscribed boldly by the author in black fineline on the title page: "To Lea, / Best wishes, / Arliss Ryan.". Seller Inventory # 30856

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Title: The Kingsley House

Publisher: St. Martin's Press, New York

Publication Date: 2000

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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A novel drawing on the author's own family history traces the fate of five generations of the Kingsley family.

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Arliss Ryan, a writer, sailor, pilot, and the great-great-great granddaughter of Nathan Kingsley, lives in Newport, Rhode Island. This is her first novel. The real Kingsley House was taken off its foundations in 1977 and moved to Greenmead, a historic village outside Detroit.

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