Norwood or Village Life in New England

New York: J.B. Ford and Company, 1874. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Good+. No DJ as Issued. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Overall, a very presentable copy of this signficant history. Light shelf/edge wear, spine lightly sunned, gift inscription on ffep, small private library plate on front pastedown, tear at rfep and 2pp of ads with large chip missing, else tight, bright and unmarred. Brick cloth boards, gilt lettering, black ink decorative elements, brick endpages, frontispiece. 12mo. 549pp. Illus. (b/w plates).