1946 Other Places by Elizabeth O’Neill Verner Signed by John A. Roosevelt First Edition Bostick and Thornley Hardcover with Dust Jacket Eleanor Roosevelt Provenance

DESCRIPTION

Other Places, written and illustrated by Elizabeth O'Neill Verner and published in Columbia, South Carolina by Bostick and Thornley in 1946. Verner's travel reflections are illustrated throughout with her own drawings and sketches. This copy has an Eleanor Roosevelt bookplate and collection marking on the front pastedown and the signature of John A. Roosevelt on the front free endpaper.

WORTH NOTING

• Author and illustrator: Elizabeth O'Neill Verner
• Publisher: Bostick and Thornley, Columbia, South Carolina
• Year: 1946; first edition, no later printing statement observed
• Green cloth hardcover with unclipped dust jacket
• Eleanor Roosevelt bookplate and collection marking on the front pastedown
• Signature of John A. Roosevelt on the front free endpaper (not the author)
• Provenance is as shown by the bookplate and signature; it has not been independently researched

MEASUREMENTS

• Approx. 9.25" H × 6.25" W

CONDITION

Good pre-owned condition with light signs of age and handling. Please review photographs for details. The boards show light edge wear with minor rubbing to the corners and spine ends; the binding is sound and square. The interior is clean with light toning. The dust jacket has edge wear, small chips at the corners and spine ends, and light surface rubbing.

STYLE NOTES

A fine book for a Southern history shelf or a collection of association copies.

FROM THE HOUSE

A book with two Roosevelts inside the front cover has kept good company.

A useful thing should still have manners. ~ Maxwell