Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Compiled from her Letters and Journals.
by [STOWE, Harriet Beecher] [EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED] STOWE, Charles Edward
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Armorial bookplate in each volume. Some tiny areas of rubbing to the extremities of the leather and minuscule chips to the spin
- Seller
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Rochester, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston:: Houghton Mifflin and Company,, 1890.. full blue-green levant morocco, gilt; gilt brown morocco doublures; moire silk endleaves; gilt tops; by Harcourt Bindery, Boston. Preserved in a quarter morocco folding box with two felt-lined chemises. . Armorial bookplate in each volume. Some tiny areas of rubbing to the extremities of the leather and minuscule chips to the spine of Vol. I; a beautiful set.. 8vo,. Extra-illustrated by the insertion of ninety-eight plates and six autograph letters inlaid to size. Each volume includes an extra printed title page denoting this extra-illustrated set.. By her Son Charles Edward Stowe. The letters are by Harriet Beecher Stowe, the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, his wife, and the Rev. C. E. Stowe.
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- Bookseller
- Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 71989
- Title
- Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Compiled from her Letters and Journals.
- Author
- [STOWE, Harriet Beecher] [EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED] STOWE, Charles Edward
- Illustrator
- Extra-illustrated by the insertion of ninety-eight plates and six autograph letters inlaid to size. Each volume includes an ext
- Format/Binding
- Full blue-green levant morocco, gilt; gilt brown morocco doublures; moire silk endleaves; gilt tops; by Harcourt Bindery, Boston
- Book Condition
- Used - Armorial bookplate in each volume. Some tiny areas of rubbing to the extremities of the leather and minuscule chips to the spin
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin and Company,
- Place of Publication
- Boston:
- Date Published
- 1890.
- Pages
- 2 vols.
- Size
- 8vo,
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About the Seller
Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
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Rochester, New York
About Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
Specializing in modern first editions since 1978. Fine and rare books in all fields.
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