THE PROFILE HOUSE

by Percy Curtiss, Mrs. William Cox

$1,500 · Offered by Type Punch Matrix · No longer available

First edition

Boston: Andrew F. Graves, 1872. First printing. Rare first edition of this unusual New Hampshire travelogue novel with shades of JANE EYRE, featuring a heroine who wants to attend a university and refuses to get married. Very good. Item #53126 PROFILE HOUSE is the story of young Edith, who dreams of attending the not-yet-founded Simmons College but must instead travel as paid companion

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