A HOUSE IN TIME, PULSIFER,1958,NEW YORK CITY HOME HC DJ

A HOUSE IN TIME

BY

SUSAN N. PULSIFER

CITADEL PRESS

NEW YORK

1958

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"A HAPPY CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH IN THE VICINITY OF NEW YORK'S HISTORIC WASHINGTON SQUARE ARE RECREATED IN THIS NOSTALGIC BOOK OF IMPRESSIONS.  THESE MEMORIES OF NEW YORK AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY--ITS SIGHTS, SOUNDS, SMELLS; ITS GENTLE PACE; ITS SCHOOLS AND FIRST FAMILIES--CARRY THE READER BACK TO A CHARMING, UNHURRIED AGE."

"ALTHOUGH THE FAMILY MOVED TO NEW YORK FROM BOSTON BEFORE THE BIRTH OF THE AUTHOR, SHE ALWAYS FELT PART BOSTONIAN, FOR THE CUSTOMS AND WAYS OF THAT TRADITION RICH NEW ENGLAND CITY CONTINUED IN PRACTICE.  BUT THE LARGE NICHOLS FAMILY LOVED THEIR ADOPTED CITY PASSIONATELY.  IT IS THIS LOVE OF A HOME, NEIGHBORHOOD AND CITY THAT MAKES A BYGONE ERA LIVE AGAIN--THROUGH THE EYES OF A SENSITIVE CHLD.  IT WAS A WORLD FILLED WITH SPACE, WITH EXPECTED AND JOYOUS RITUALS; FATHER READING ALOUD WHILE MOTHER KNITS, SUNDY EVENING OPEN HOUSES AND SUNDAY AFTERNOON ROMANCES IN THE PARLOR, EXCITING EXCURISIONS UPTOWN ON THE NEW ELEVATED RAILROAD, LEISURELY WALKS UP FIFTH AVENUE TO 42ND STREET WHERE THE NEW PUBLIC LIBRARY IS GOING UP, WAITING AT THE WINDOW FOR THE PASSAGE OF THE LAMPLIGHTER AT TWILIGHT, WATCHING AS THE ELEGANT CARRIAGES DRAW UP BEFORE THE OLD BRICK OR BROWNSTONE HOUSES IN THE WINTER DUSK."

"MRS. PULSIFER HAS A REMARKABLE GIFT FOR TAKING HER READER BACK THROUGH THE PORTALS OF TIME AS SHE RE-EXPERIENCES THE EVENTS, MOTIONS AND SENSATIONS OF CHILDHOOD.  EVERY CORNER OF THE WONDERFUL OLD DOUBLE HOUSE WHERE SHE LIVED IS EXPLORED AS IS THE LARGER SETTING OF WASHINGTON SQUARE AND THE BOUNDARIES BEYOND--OLD NEW YORK."

"A HOUSE IN TIME IS ILLUSTRATED WITHOVER SEVENTY DRAWINGS, MANY FULL PAGE, BY EDWARD C. CASWELL, THE FAMOUS ARTIST WHO HAS KEPT ALIVE SO MANY OF THE CHARMING AND BEAUTIFUL SCENES OF THE WASHINGTON SQUARE AND GREENWICH VILLAGE NEIGHBORHOOD."

THIS BOOK IS IN GOOD CONDITION.  THE DUSTJACKET IS COMPLETE, HOWEVER, LIGHTLY SOILED, WITH SMALL RIPS AND EDGE CREASES.  THE COVER IS LIGHTLY SOILED, EDGES AND CORNERS GENTLY BUMPED AND SCRAPED.  THE BINDING IS TIGHT AND ALL PAGES INTACT.  THERE ARE TWO OWNERS NAMES WRITTEN IN THIS BOOK ONE ON THE FIRST PAGE THE OTHER ON THE SECOND.  THE PAGES ARE CLEAN BUT YELLOWED FROM AGE.  A NICE COPY OF THIS BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED BOOK....220 PAGES.