The Outermost House: A Year of Life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod.
Beston, Henry (Signed Presentation copy in original dust jacket!)
From Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller Since June 10, 1998
From Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller Since June 10, 1998
About this Item
A very handsome copy bound in finely woven blue cloth and stamped brightly in silver on the front boards and on the spine. Minor touch of wear to the top and bottom of the spine ends and at the corners. In a charming dust jacket priced at $2.50 with "8th Edition" printed in blue-green ink at the top of the front inside flap. The jacket has light chipping and small pieces missing from the top and bottom of the spine ends and at the corners. With edge rubbing and 2 short closed tears along the folds. With all 31 wonderful black and white photographs by William A. Bradford, etal, present. This copy is inscribed and signed in dark blue fountain pen ink: "For Ann Macdonald with many good wishes from the friend and neighbor next door in Maine. Henry Beston" on the front endpaper. A very handsome, charming and collectible copy of this landmark work, inscribed. The Outermost House, now considered a Cape Cod nature literary classic, was written after Beston spent what he called "a year of life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod". Spiritually shaken by his experiences in World War I, Beston retreated to the outer beach at Eastham in search of peace and solitude."Nature is part of our humanity, and without some awareness of that divine mystery man ceases to be man," Beston wrote. Beston, who dedicated himself as a "writer/naturalist", is considered one of the fathers of the modern environmental movement, and The Outermost House has been called one of the motivating factors behind the establishment of the Cape Cod National Seashore. Author Rachel Carson said that Beston was the only author who ever influenced her writing. (Wikipedia). Seller Inventory # 245
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Outermost House: A Year of Life on the ...
Publisher: Doubleday, Doran and Company, New York
Publication Date: 1940
Binding: Hardcover
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: Later printing
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