New York: Harper & Row Publishers Inc., 1947. Binding: contemporary decorative publisher’s full black paper boards, title in gilt on flat spine, spine with decorative gilt rulings and central compartment devices, upper board with decorative gilt ruling and floral motifs., Notes: The story focuses on an impoverished but aspirational adolescent girl and her family living in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City, during the first two decades of the 20th century.

Betty Smith (1896 – 1972) was an American author. She is best known for her 1943 bestselling book A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. While living and working in Chapel Hill, Smith produced a novel with the working title of They Lived in Brooklyn. The work was rejected by several publishers before Harper and Brothers showed an interest in 1942. Working with Harper editors Smith substantially revised the novel, trimming characters, dialogue, and scenes, while selectively adding others. Finally, the book was accepted for publication and was released in 1943 with the title, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Smith later acknowledged the novel and its heroine Francie Nolan were largely based on her own life and experiences.
, Size: 8vo., , Illustration: Illustrated with drawings by Richard Bergere. , Category: Book Literature;. A very handsome example. Item #B6550

Binding: contemporary decorative publisher’s full black paper boards, title in gilt on flat spine, spine with decorative gilt rulings and central compartment devices, upper board with decorative gilt ruling and floral motifs., Notes: The story focuses on an impoverished but aspirational adolescent girl and her family living in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City, during the first two decades of the 20th century.

Betty Smith (1896 – 1972) was an American author. She is best known for her 1943 bestselling book A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. While living and working in Chapel Hill, Smith produced a novel with the working title of They Lived in Brooklyn. The work was rejected by several publishers before Harper and Brothers showed an interest in 1942. Working with Harper editors Smith substantially revised the novel, trimming characters, dialogue, and scenes, while selectively adding others. Finally, the book was accepted for publication and was released in 1943 with the title, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Smith later acknowledged the novel and its heroine Francie Nolan were largely based on her own life and experiences.
, Size: 8vo., , Illustration: Illustrated with drawings by Richard Bergere. , Category: Book Literature;.

Price: $500.00