New York: Derby & Jackson, 1857. FIRST EDITION, first printing. Original full blue cloth hardcover gilt lettering is not visible on the spine. Text block is detached from the binding behind the front cover. Overall a READING COPY. BIOGRAPHY: Mary Virginia Terhune (née Hawes, December 21, 1830 - June 3, 1922), also known by her penname Marion Harland, was an American author who was prolific and bestselling in both fiction and non-fiction genres. Born in Amelia County, Virginia, she began her career writing articles at the age of 14, using various pennames until 1853, when she settled on Marion Harland. Her first novel Alone was published in 1854 and became an "emphatic success" following its second printing the next year. For fifteen years she was a prolific writer of best-selling women's novels, classified then as "plantation fiction", as well as writing numerous serial works, short stories, and essays for magazines.. First Edition. Full Cloth. Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

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Bookseller: Ziern-Hanon Galleries (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 023427
Title: Moss-side (First Edition)
Author: Harland, Marion [Mary Virginia Terhune]
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Poor
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Derby & Jackson
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1857
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f

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