Grandma Moses: My Life’s History, edited by Otto Kallir. Harper & Brothers, 1952. Stated First Edition with Harper code A-B, hardcover with original dust jacket.

Wonderful first edition autobiography of Grandma Moses, one of America’s most beloved folk artists. Born Anna Mary Robertson Moses in 1860, she became famous late in life for her nostalgic paintings of rural American life, farms, villages, seasons, and old-fashioned country scenes. This book gives her own life story in the same plain, warm, homespun spirit that made her artwork so widely admired. A desirable title for collectors of American folk art, women artists, Americana, naïve art, and mid-century art books.

Condition = Very Good-Near fine. In good dust jacket.

Original unclipped jacket present with $3.50 price on flap. Book has attractive boards with Grandma Moses facsimile signature on front cover. Jacket shows wear, rubbing, small tears/chipping, and age toning; book has light wear and some foxing/toning to endpapers, with a 1952 owner inscription. A charming and collectible first edition copy.