Elizabeth Corbett LIGHT OF OTHER DAYS First and 12 similar items

LIGHT OF OTHER DAYS: A Novel of Mount Royal by Elizabeth Corbett New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1938. First edition, first printing (1) on page 361. Near fine in silver-stamped purple cloth; in a very good plus, price-clipped dust jacket with a piece missing from the upper rear panel. The third volume in the author's Mount Royal series set in the small Mid-Western town of Mount Royal. This volume follows the story of three generations of an Irish family adapting to life in America. "A novel of poignant beauty, "Light of Other Days" reveals Elizabeth Corbett's exceptional ability to create character, her rare skill in telling an interesting story, and her remarkable power in reviving the spirit and atmosphere of days gone by."--publisher's blurb. The endpapers chart the Reilley Family genealogy. Born in Aurora, Illinois in 1887, Elizabeth Frances Corbett died in her Greenwich Village apartment in 1981. A very scarce novel by the prolific author whose works were published from 1916 to 1972. PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT FIRST EDITION BOOKS THANKS!