Blueprint of a Dream
New York: Whittlesey House, 1950.
Hardcover. Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket. Item #14528
Light cock, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket 3" tear rear cover, small edge tears with chipping, rubbed, price clip, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; "Romance, mystery and architecture mix in this light-weight novel for girls. Hope Blair, soon to begin studies in architecture in New York, hoping to follow in the footsteps of her architect father, had been friends with Breck Goddard, now studying at the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia. However, when the Blairs move to a yawl called the Gull while Mr. Blair's new apartment building on Riverside Drive is under completion, Hope meets Ron Colby on his schooner, and finds him unusually attractive." Architecture and sailing were major parts of the author's own life. Uncommon first novel, in dust jacket.; 224 pages.
Price: $49.95