The LIfe and Works of Susan B. Anthony
by Harper, Ida Husted [Susan B. Anthony]
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Century City, California, United States
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About This Item
Indianapolis: Bowen-Merrill, 1899. First Edition. Cloth. Very good. 1st edtion. 2 volumes in dark blue cloth; lettered and embossed in gilt (second volume dated 1898, but both were published in 1899). Very good with minor rubbing to the extremities and the gilt profile medallions, with a previous owners embossed stamp on the front free endpaper and a owners bookplate on the front pastedown. Illustrated with frontispiece portraits of Anthony, with numerous other illustrations and facsimile signatures throughout. Ida Harper was an important member of the suffragist movement in Indiana, and began a close working relationship with Anthony during the 1880s. They bagan working together, to compose this monumental and detailed work in 1897. DAB, Vol. viii, pp. 281-282.
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- Bookseller
- Biblioctopus (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 223
- Title
- The LIfe and Works of Susan B. Anthony
- Author
- Harper, Ida Husted [Susan B. Anthony]
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Bowen-Merrill
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis
- Date Published
- 1899
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Gilt
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- Facsimile
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- Bookplate
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
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- First Edition
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