Carlyle

1914 · 33864 — New York: Dodge Publishing Company 1914. First edition. Hardcover. g. Inscribed by William A. Alderson. 4to. xx 265pp. Original blind-stamped green cloth with gold lettering on cover and spine. Top edge gilt. Deckled fore- and bottom edges. Inscription by author in black ink on free front endpaper: "To Mr. Mrs. C. H. Crane With Compliments and Appreciation of Courtesies from W. A. Alderson One of the Authors October First 1914 Los Angeles." Frontispiece b/w reproduction of a photograph showing the author's with Dona Mariana de Coronel. Frontispiece protected by tissue guard. Captivating study by Davis & Alderson of Helen Hunt Jackson's novel "Ramona." Jackson was an American writer who became an activist on behalf of improved treatment of Native Americans by the U.S. government. "Ramona" dramatizes the federal government's mistreatment of Native Americans in Southern California. In 1886 one year after the author's death the "North American Review" called Ramona "unquestionably the best novel yet produced by an American woman" and named it along with Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin one of the two most ethical novels of the 19th century. Printed dedication page reads: "To the memory of Helen Hunt Jackson the most brilliant impetuous and thoroughly individual woman of American literature." Illustrated throughout with b/w reproductions of photographs.<br /> <br /> Age wear scuffing and staining on binding. Slight chipping to tail of spine wear on corners. Binding in fair interior in overall very good condition. Unique copy inscribed by one of the author's. Dodge Publishing Company hardcover