The New House by Kendall, Nancy Noon - 1934

Idaho: Caxton, 1934. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed by Author(s). Green Cloth Over Bards W/ Gold Embossed Title / Decor. Light Edge Scuff Bottom Of Spine & Wear Through Bottom Corners. Map Endpapers Author Signature On Blank Page Opposite To Title Page. Binding Tight W/O Hinge Cracks. Slight Cock.. Content Clean Without Dogears, Marks, Etc..Content Age Yellowed.

Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1934. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Boards in brown cloth-patterned paper, black lettering on spine. Head of spine is lightly faded; foot of spine rubbed. Illustrated endpapers. Minor soiling on rear free endpaper, else interior is clean and unmarked. Dust jacket rubbed; dark streak runs the length of the spine; not price clipped ($2.50); in an archival mylar sleeve. 388 pages. A psychological novel about Peter Derwent, a man with a chaotic life who attempts to lift himself up out of despair and put the pieces of his jumbled jigsaw-puzzle life back together. Set in the pioneer years of Portland, Oregon and in the refuge he takes upon the Long Beach Peninsula, north of Astoria, where he meets with a colony of Finns and begins to construct a world all his own, while literally employing the village to assist him in building his new house.