Editor Edith Perkins Cunningham (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 8vo, original blue cloth, spine gilt stamped, frontispiece, [xvi], 353pp. Illustrated plates in collotype, together with several maps of railroads, Mr. Perkins having been President of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroads. First Edition. A Very Good+ copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo, 3/4 crushed brown morocco, spine gilt, in six panels, probably the work of The Rose Bindery, Boston, [xii], 323pp. TEG. Gravure plate illustrations. Two large folding-out genealogical charts, in black & white. Sarah Perkins, together with her husband, James H. Perkins, remained among the leading social and intellectual folk of their generation in Cincinnati. HOWES C-953. First Edition. A lovely copy, in a Fine binding.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 8vo, original gilt stamped purple cloth, frontispieces, 273; 281; 253; 281pp. TEG. Numerous gravure plate illustrations. Three of the four volumes retain their original glassine jackets. Mrs. Perkins married Charles, who came to be President of the Burlington & Missouri Railroad, and this massive compilation chronicles his professional trajectory, their lives together in Iowa, and much family tradition and lore, living well from Burlington IA, to Boston MA, to Santa Barbara CA. First Edition. A Very Good set.

(Boston): Riverside Press for Private Distribution, 1931. Edith Forbes Perkins was the daughter of the great American mariner and China trader, Robert Bennett Forbes. As such, her letters and journals record family doings that were, essentially funded by the epochal investment of China Trade capital into American railroads. In 1864 she married Charles Elliot Perkins, nephew of John Murray Forbes, Robert Bennett's brother. (Those bluebloods kept it tight.) J.M. Forbes also made his first fortune in the China Trade and invested it in railroads - one of the first American entrepreneurs to do so - resulting, natch, in an even bigger fortune. Charles Perkins followed his family connection into the railroad business, and eventually succeeded his uncle Forbes as President of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad. Still more money! Where did it all go? Edith records 17 years of the distaff side of this family's adventures and, in so doing, has created a valuable social docuyment. Befitting her status as a classy dame, this is a beautiful and sumptuous production, printed for her by the Riverside Press, done up in purple cloth with tasteful gold decoration, and housed in a clasp-lock box of matching cloth. Inscribed by her daughter and editor, Edith Perkins Cunningham. Fine condition. Four volumes, 23.5 cm. Various pagination, b/w gravure plates Edith Forbes Perkins was the daughter of the great American mariner and China trader, Robert Bennett Forbes. As such, her letter.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. The spines of both books have white spots. These spots are also on the covers to a lesser extent. The first volume is inscribed by Edith Cunningham: "For Sara A. Sandiford with true affection and greatest appreciation of her loyal devotion to me and mine through more than fifty years- Edith Cunningham Boston Christmas 1949 The text clock is deckled and the corners are sharp. The text blocks are toned. Volume I (1-264 pages) Volume II (265-581 pages). Other than the spotting, these books are in great shape. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 4 volumes in very good condition. Purple boards with gold pineapple stamp on the front cover. Gilt lettering on spine and front board. Original purple box still with the books, but damaged and not together. Please reach out with any questions!