My Village - First Edition & Printing, An Unread Example. 1896 (Author's First Book)

Octavo, 7'' X 5''. Original Pictorial Cloth Stamped In Multiple Colors. Top Edge Gilt, Other Edges Uncut. Illustrated With Many Mono-Tints And Lovely Text Illustrations. [8], 325, [1] Pages. Binding Is Mildly Worn, Spine Sunned, Soiled A Bit. The First 30 Pages Appeared To Have Been Cut For Reading, The Remainder Of Pages (31 Through 325) Remain Uncut Along Adjoining Foredges And Apparently Pristine As They Were Clearly Never Opened To Be Read. Dated 1896 On Both The Title And Copyright Pages. Internally Clean It Was No Owner Marks At All. This Is The First (Known & Recorded) Title By This Prolific Author And Illustrator From Nb And Wilton, Ct. Historical Notes: Elmer Boyd Smith (May 31, 1860 – October 5, 1943) Was An American Writer And Illustrator Of Children's Books And Painter. Smith Was Born In Saint John, New Brunswick And Studied Art In Paris With Gustave Boulanger And Jules Joseph Lefebvre At The Académie Julian From 1881 To 1884, And Also With H. Lefort For Several Years. In The Early 1900S He Moved To Wilton, Connecticut,[1] Where He Spent The Remainder Of His Life. He Illustrated More Than Seventy Books For Both Adults And Children, Beginning With My Village In 1896. Bagged For Preservation.…