. Owls nest: a tribute to Sarah Elliott Perkins. By her granddaughter Edith Perkins Cunningham. Riverside Press, [Cambridge, MA], 1907.

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Description: First edition, 8vo, pp. viii-[xii], 322-[323]; 13 plates, 2 folding genealogies; ex-library copy with usual markings, presentation copy to James J. Hill, spine faded, else very good or better in contemporary half brown morocco. This copy with a presentation to James J. Hill from the author. A tribute to the memory of Sarah Perkins. Although widowed early in her marriage with five boys, she remained a leading figure in Cincinnati, well-known for her hospitality and kindness. Howes C-953: "Account of the Cincinnati home of James H. Perkins, incorporating material on intellectual life in early southern Ohio."

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