Smith, Betty (1896-1972) — A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Toronto The Musson Book Company Ltd. | Printed by the Copp Clark Co. Limited (Toronto, Canada) First Edition, Third Printing pp. 443. Octavo (8vo.), measuring 5.5" x 8". Publisher's original black cloth over boards, with red rules and lettering to the spine. Lightest bumping to spine ends, else, extremities remain in remarkably well-preserved condition, neat period ink name in cursive hand to the ffep otherwise the text-block remains bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; near fine and housed in its original illustrated, unclipped, lightly-shelfworn dustjacket showing some chips and short closed tears along the edges of the panels (now housed in protective mylar sleeve). A lovely copy of this beloved classic. ¶ "There's a tree that grows in Brooklyn. Some people call it the Tree of Heaven. No matter where its seed falls, it makes a tree which struggles to reach the sky. It grows in boarded-up lots and out of neglected rubbish heaps. It grows up out of cellar gratings. It is the only tree that grows out of cement. It grows lushly...survives without sun, water, and seemingly without earth. It would be considered beautiful except that there are too many of it."