Letters from Abroad to Kindred at Home
by [Catharine Maria Sedgwick]
- Used
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Wilmington, Delaware, United States
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About This Item
New-York: Harper & Brothers, 1841. 12mo. First edition. xi, 275, [1], 29pp. and 297, [1]pp. Publisher's gilt and blind stamped cloth bindings. First volume with short split to lower joint; head of spines lightly-frayed; bindings with overall light sunning and slight rubbing.
First U.S. edition. Volume I: BAL's state 'B' with terminal catalogue "printing a." Volume II is an unknown printing with no ads following.
Presentation inscription inside each volume: "G.W. Burnap to Susan Williams, August 1841." George W. Burnap (1802-1859) was an author from Baltimore known for his work titled Lectures on the Sphere and Duties of Woman and Other Subjects, which was published in Baltimore in 1841.
Catharine Maria Sedgwick was born in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. "Throughout her life she was closely identified with this region; her novels dealing with the natural beauty and local customs of the Berkshires are among the first attempts to use American material in fiction [...] Her Letters from Abroad to Kindred at Home (1841 ) records the pleasant experiences of a sojourn of fifteen months abroad in 1839-40." (DAB)
Sabin 78780. BAL 17384.
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- Bookseller
- Ian Brabner, Rare Americana (ABAA) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3733521
- Title
- Letters from Abroad to Kindred at Home
- Author
- [Catharine Maria Sedgwick]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Ian Brabner, Rare Americana (ABAA)
About the Seller
Ian Brabner, Rare Americana (ABAA)
About Ian Brabner, Rare Americana (ABAA)
Our inventory encompasses a broad spectrum of collecting interests, with a special focus on 18th- and 19th-century American history, including African-American history, women's history, and unique or unusual materials documenting the American experience. In our stock, you will also find rare pamphlets, documents, letters and correspondence, journals, diaries, significant archives, as well as original art, graphics, and photographs.
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