Family History by Henry Seidel Canby - 1945

Cambridge: Henry Seidel Canby / The Riverside Press / Houghton Mifflin Co., 1945. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. c 1945. No indication of later printings. Red cloth with gilt titles. Inscribed by author to previous owner on front end paper, signed. Boards clean with gilt lettering bright & attractive. Corners trifle rubbed. Spine age darkened, lettering remains legible. 'Houghton Mifflin Co' on spine at heel. Binding firm. Contents paper lightly toned (cheap, wartime paper) unmarked. Scarce. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

Cambridge, England: The Riverside Press. Very Good+. 1945. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by the author, with a long inscription, on the reverse of the title page. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some beginning fading to the spine of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. "Henry Seidel Canby (September 6, 1878 – April 5, 1961) was a critic, editor, and Yale University professor. A scion of a Quaker family that arrived in Wilmington, Delaware, around 1740 and grew to regional prominence through milling and business affairs, Henry Seidel Canby was a son of Edward T. Canby. Canby was born in Wilmington, and attended Wilmington Friends School. He graduated from Yale in 1899, then taught at the university until becoming a professor in 1922.Following a four-year stint as the editor of the Literary Review of the New York Evening Post, Canby became one of the founders… Read More

Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1945. Inscribed: "For Zita/from/Henry Seidel Canby/Sept. 6, 1948." Spine faded.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good.