A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith, 1943

Betty Smith's A Tree Grows in Brooklyn in the original edition, published by The Blakiston Company, Philadelphia, in 1943. The novel follows Francie Nolan and her family through a childhood in early twentieth-century Brooklyn, poverty, dreams, and the pursuit of a better life, and has remained in print and in affection ever since.

This copy is bound in red cloth over boards, 176 pages. An enduring American classic, and a natural addition to a New York shelf.