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189840220Akron OH 1898. First Edition. 8vo pp. 218. Frontis portrait. Ivory cloth stamped in green and gilt. Cover somewhat soiled hinges tender o/w VG. Poems and short prose pieces. unknown books
1899113134New York: The Century Co. 1899. Octavo original pictorial gray cloth. First edition. Wright III 5305. Owner's name on front free endpaper. Some dust soiling and foxing to cloth else a very good copy. #113134 The Century Co. unknown books
189919647NY: Century 1899. Small 8vo pp. 216. VG. A collection of short stories. Century unknown books
189947026NY: Putam's 1899. Fifth impression. 8vo pp. xiv 462. Index. Illustrated and with maps. Bookplate on pastedown. Green cloth stamped in gilt. TEG. Cover slightly worn at corners and ends of spine o/w a nice copy. Putam's unknown books
1898113132New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1898. 1898. Octavo eight inserted plates with illustrations by A. B. Frost and E. W. Kemble original pictorial orange cloth. First edition. Wright III 5307. Some dust soiling to cloth and edges of text block endpapers and preliminary and terminal leaves foxed a sound good copy. #113132 Harper & Brothers Publishers 1898. unknown books
1860m2322New York: General Protestant Episcopal Sunday School Union and Church Book Society n.d. ca. 1860. Duodecimo blind-stamped blue cloth 315 pp. Illllus. Good; lightl shelf wear former-owner signatures. General Protestant Episcopal Sunday School Union and Church Book Society, n.d. [ca. 1860.] hardcover books
1894132856New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1894. Octavo eleven inserted plates original pictorial terra cotta cloth front and spine panels stamped in black and gold. First edition. Six stories and three poems by a once-popular American author from Louisiana now mainly in the women's studies curriculum if not in the canon. All have rustic settings and dialect spelling. In this copy the story "Christmas Geese" p.145-179 is heavily marked in pencil with deletions and emendations to facilitate some sort of dramatic reading with added pictures. It is not known if these marks are in the hand of the author although it is known that she traveled widely in the 1890s as a platform entertainer giving oral presentations. Laid in is the calling card of John L. Foster. The author's second collection; the first edition is scarce. Wright III 5303. Cloth rubbed at spine ends and corner tips mild dust soiling to cloth text block a bit shaken a bright good copy. #132856 Harper & Brothers Publishers unknown books
18643602NY: Tousey 1864. First edn. small 4to Pp. 36. Cloth backed boards a BPL duplicate. This satire of life in New York City has the bookplate of Henry B Anthony journalist Governor and US Senator1858-84 from Rhode Island. In verse. Tousey unknown books
185936634Boston: Brown Taggard & Chase 1859. 1st printing BAL 17556; Sabin 80475. Original publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine. Yellow eps. Cocked. Tissue guards foxed. A VG copy. 408 pp. Illustrated with frontispiece & 7 inserted plates. 12mo. <br/><br/> Brown Taggard & Chase hardcover books
1894113181New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1894. Octavo original decorated red cloth front and spine panels stamped in black and gold. First edition. A novella six short stories and three poems by a popular American author who did not find favor with subsequent critics. All have rustic settings though in various parts of the country thus disqualifying the book as regionalistic and dialect spelling. The stories in this collection tend towards the heavy and melodramatic in tone. The author's second collection; the first edition is scarce. "Several of these tales show a little effort a little lack of truth. Possibly the reason is not far to seek. For the most part these are not stories of Negro life with the humor and pathos of which Mrs. Stuart is so intimately familiar. Of such tales however there is one and a very charming one - 'Duke's Christmas.' It seems to come like the narrative of Miss Murfree for instance of Miss Wilkins or Miss Jewett of a disposition to find a soul of good in things ugly if not evil ; and of a conviction that the more or less uncouth characters of which these stories tell are abundantly worth knowing. Such a disposition and conviction are natural in the art of a democratic age." - William Dean Howells in The Atlantic Monthly Nov. 1894 p. 706. Wright III 5303. Cloth rubbed at spine ends and corner tips mild dust soiling to cloth a bright very good copy. #113181 Harper & Brothers Publishers unknown books
1897113179New York: Harper & Brothers 1897. Octavo original pictorial tan cloth. First edition. A novelette and six short stories by a popular American author who did not find favor with subsequent critics. All have rustic settings though in various parts of the country thus disqualifying the book as regionalistic and dialect writing and most have a light tone but "The Unlived Life of Little Mary Ellen" is about a mad woman who carries a doll about with her believing it to be her baby until she finally comes to believe it has died. The story has some effective touches of weird atmosphere; it is "sad and touching. the most complete piece of work which has as yet come from Mrs. Stuart's pen." - Laurence Hutton in Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. 95 Issue 570 Literary Notes p. 2. Wright III 5306. Early gift inscription on front free endpaper a bright near fine copy. #113179 Harper & Brothers unknown books
185027011003Philadelphia PA: Fisher & Bro Fisher & Denison c1850. Covers show some wear mostly on the edges due to rubbing. The embossed covers have faded and therefore it is hard to tell the design. . 192 pp. Cloth stamped boards. Miniature book. Wood-cut drummer boy frontisepiece. This book has several short stories along with over a half a dozen charming black and white illustrations to go along with. A list of the stories found within are as follows: Little Joseph the Child of the Sea The Bishop and his Birds Grace Greenwood The Power of a Word The Christmas Sheaf Even a Child May Do Something A Safe House to Sleep In A Pleasure for A Child The Ragged Boy The Bishop's Place of Prayer The Bear What the Ostrich Can Eat A Word with a Beautiful Meanings Keeping the Rain Off A Incident at Fort Sumter Artlessness and Those Boys. The stories showcase good deeds and morals for children to learn. Measures 2 1/4" x 2". <br/><br/> Fisher & Bro, Fisher & Denison hardcover books
18901088Frederick A. Stokes New York 1890. 1st. Hardcover. A well-preserved copy of the 1890 1st edition. VG in its original green cloth with bright gilt-lettering and gilt-bordered embossed pictorial on front panel. Minor scuffing to front and back panels and a bit of customary fading to the spine. Still a sharp crisp copy. Octavo 217 pgs. <br/><br/> Frederick A. Stokes, New York hardcover books
18999021899. HALL Ruth. THE BOYS OF SCROOBY. Boston: Houghton Mifflin & Company 1899. Small 8vo. pictorial gray cloth. First Edition. Signed presentation from Hall on the front endpaper: "Edward Merrill Hall from his affectionate Aunt The Author. Christmas A.D. 1899." With the ink name of Warren Robert Ward on the front pastedown. Very Good tiny stain front cover; rear hinge cracked but still tight. Scarce!! $175.00. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1900235859Massachusetts: Privately Printed 1900. 194 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Tan cloth. Very good. 194 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The story of Ruth Campbell written in the third person. <br/><br/>Not in OCLC. Privately Printed unknown books
189443936Harper & Brothers Publishers 1894. STUART Ruth McEnery. CARLOTTA'S INTENDED AND OTHER STORIES. NY: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1894. 12mo. red cloth stamped in black & gilt. Later Printing. Signed presentation by Stuart on title page: "Ruth McEnery Stuart. For Florance Hall Colgate. Sept.-1911." Also with two autograph letters signed from Stuart general chatty content. Near fine bright small ink name stamped on the front endpaper. $375.00. <br/><br/> Harper & Brothers Publishers hardcover books
1866WRCAM28971Boston: L. Prang 1866. Nine chromolithographic leaves of mixed text and illustration including title-leaf. Quarto. Later burgundy cloth gilt. Sunned along spine and top edge. Small dampstain in bottom right corner touching the image in five instances. Very good. A nice association this being the copy owned by Helen French Soule the great-niece of the author Helen A. French whose pen name was Ruth Chesterfield. Tipped in is a letter in which Helen Soule passes the book on to her relative Amos Tuck French whose bookplate is affixed to the front pastedown. The text is printed within paneled floral and geometric illustrations further illustrated down one side by scenes from the story. L. Prang hardcover books
1871140939518Hartford CT: Case Lockwood & Brainard Printers 1871. First Edition. Fine. 4 pp. Self-wrappers. First edition. Fine. An announcement by famous feminist Susan B. Anthony and five other suffragettes of the formation of a National Woman Suffrage and Educational Committee and their intent to pursue recognition of voting rights for women under the 14th and 15th amendments. These were recent amendments around three and one years old respectively but this salvo relies on them heavily as well as on a taxation-without-representation argument harking back to the origins of the republic. In 1875 the Supreme Court would close the door on this line of thinking and suffragettes would have to change strategies but this leaflet proceeds all that; it's still heady with fresh ideas and a brand new organization appealing for funds and women's names for a pledge book compiled by the NWSEC Secretary. A rare document of a brief glimmer of optimism in what would be a long hard slog-- the struggle for equal rights-- in excellent condition. Case, Lockwood & Brainard, Printers unknown books