THE BROOK BOOK: A First Acquaintance with the Brook and Its Inhabitants Through the Changing Year
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by the author on the title page. The first of two books written by Mary Farrand Rogers Miller (1868-1971), the American writer, naturalist, and educator. A graduate of Cornell University, she was married to noted landscape architect Wilhelm Tyler Miller, with whom she moved to Los Angeles in 1920. Later in life, after experience hearing loss, Miller became active in deaf education and advocacy. Octavo: 241 p. with 16 half-tones and numerous line engravings. Original green cloth binding, with a half-tone inset on the front panel and dark green titles. Just the faintest hint of foxing to a few prefatory leaves; else very good or better. Very good. Item #74229
Price: $75.00