Description
The Owl’s Nest of East Walnut Hills in Cincinnati Ohio, A Tribute To Sara Elliott Perkins by her Granddaughter, Edith Perkins Cunningham.
Octavo, [xi], [3], 323pp. Three quarter green levant, marbled boards, raised bands with title in gilt on spine. Top edge gilt, uncut fore edge. Complete with frontispiece and 12 photogravure plates. Includes two fold-out charts: The Perkins Family Tree / The Elliott Family Tree. Closed tear on page 81. Light rubbing to panels, wear to tips of boards. Bound at The Rose Bindery of Boston. (Howes C953)
Signed on the second free endpaper by the author: “For _ Peck, with kindest regards from the author / Edith Perkins Cunningham / “The Ludlow” Boston / May 28th, 1921.”
The Owls Nest was the home of Charles E. and Edward C. Perkins, located in the East Walnut Hills neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1905, the 5-acre tract was donated to the City of Cincinnati. The original homestead was one of the first homes in East Walnut Hills.
