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HURRY-GRAPHS: Or, Sketches of Scenery, Celebrities and Society, Taken from Life.

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HURRY-GRAPHS: Or, Sketches of Scenery, Celebrities and Society, Taken from Life.

by Willis, N. Parker

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(C.W. Benedict, Stereotyper and Printer for) Burnett & Bostwick, New Orleans: 1854., 1854 364p. Printed bookseller's label for H.C. Holmes, 1149 Markat St., San Francisco, Cal. Stamped ownership of Peter O'Connor and Visitation Convent, St. Paul, MN. Early inked ownership of J. E. Campbell. 12mo. Original full publisher's cloth binding, embossed and decorated in blind, with a center cypher and "New Orleans". Spine decorated with gold flowers. Hardbound. Very good. A wonderful account of travels in New England and New York. Included are (sometimes extensive) observations on: life; manners; etiquette; scenery; Daniel Webster; Ralph Waldo Emerson; Thomas Hart Benton; Edgar Allan Poe; Grace Geenwood; Cape Cod; the Delaware River; Lake Mahopac; railroads; steamships; hotels; etc. Much on girls, women and society. Nathaniel Parker Willis(1806-1867), was an American author, poet and editor who worked with several notable American writers including Edgar Allan Poe and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. He became the highest paid magazine writer of his day. For a time, he was the employer of former slave and future writer Harriet Jacobs. His brother was the composer Richard Storrs Willis and his sister was a popular writer, under the name Fanny Fern. NEW ENGLAND BOX 1 Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good.

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Bookseller
THE FAMILY ALBUM US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
469ADD34
Title
HURRY-GRAPHS: Or, Sketches of Scenery, Celebrities and Society, Taken from Life.
Author
Willis, N. Parker
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Quantity Available
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Publisher
(C.W. Benedict, Stereotyper and Printer for) Burnett & Bostwick, New Orleans: 1854.
Date Published
1854
Keywords
NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES; HISTORY; CAMPBELL; NARRATIVE; ANECDOTES; LETTER S; TRAVEL; DANIEL WEBSTER; EMERSON; BEDFORD; PLYMOUTH; CAPE COD; WALTON; DE LAWARE; PORT JERVIS; RAILROADS; STEAMSHIPS; ORLEANS IMPRINT; 1854; AMERICANA; VICTORIAN
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WOMEN;

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Ron Lieberman, has been an antiquarian bookseller, rare book appraiser, and library consultant for Fifty years. His firm, The Family Album, has issued a series of exceptional catalogs and bibliographic references in a variety of fields, including: Incunabula; Pennsylvania-Americana; German-Americana; Fine Book Bindings; Early Photographica; Printing History & Typography; Classics from the Great Scholar / Printers; Etc. He was the instructor for a series of valuable workshops and courses in the history, taste, and technique of book collecting. He frequently lectures before professional groups of librarians and archivists on: the book trade; collection and building security; disaster preparedness; appraisals; and preservation, conservation, and binding. He has also often appeared on radio and television popularizing the pleasant hobby of antique book collecting. His expert opinion on the book collecting market; values of archives and manuscripts; collection preservation & security; historic photographs; and the value of rare books has been sought by sources as diverse as: the Historical & Museum Commission of PA; the PA State Library; the Library of Congress; the Smithsonian Institution; the FBI; American Bible Society; Money Magazine; Kipplinger Magazine; Conservation Centers; Warmans Antique Price Guides; U.S.A. Today; as well as Universities, Colleges, and Historical Societies throughout the United States. As one of the organizers of the World Library Fund, Mr. Lieberman provides professional analyses of library collections, and helps plan library development for public and private institutions in the United States and abroad. He was a Member of the Board of Governors of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (A.B.A.A.), and Chairman of the A.B.A.A. Security Committee. He was a long-time regular member of the Security Committee of the Rare Book and Manuscript Section (RBMS) of the American Library Association (ALA); and was the Past President of the Middle Atlantic Chapter, A.B.A.A. Mr. Lieberman was also, for many years, a consulting editor and contributor to the Haworth Press journal: "College & Undergraduate Libraries" American Library Association (ALA); + ACRL/RBMS [For 35 Continuous Years] // PA Library Association (PLA) // Bibliographical Society of America // Middle Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) // Society for the History of Authorship, Readership, and Publishing (SHARP) // Philobiblon Club // Etc. Etc.

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