House by Kidder, Tracy - 1985

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1985. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. Boston: Houghton Mifflin , 1985. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good+/Near Fine. First Edition, First Printing in clean unclipped dust jacket. Cream paper-covered boards with author's gold initials on cover, beige cloth spine with gold lettering. A few tiny spots of foxing to cloth spine at upper edge. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean decorated endpapers. Signature of someone (illegible) and date (1985) on half title page. No other marks. 341 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Author documents the construction of a new house from gleam-in-the-eye to moving day. In intimate detail we see the ambitious owners, the architect who gives form to their dreams, and the carpenters who pound the nails. Kidder delves deep into the lives of them all, artfully weaving their stories into his portrait of the project that brings them all together..