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The Peabody Sisters of Salem
by Tharp, Louise Hall, and Auchincloss, Louis (Introduction by)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. "Croydon Church" prior owner. Minor sun-fade to jacket s
- ISBN 10
- 0316839205
- ISBN 13
- 9780316839204
- Seller
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Newport, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
Boston.: Little Brown and Company., 1988. First edition. 1st 1988 reprint edition of 1950 original.. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. "Croydon Church" prior owner. Minor sun-fade to jacket spine. Light top block foxing.. Snider, Steve (Jacket design by).. 1 Paper over boards. 372 p. Notes. Index. Audience: General/trade. Classic biography illuminating an era of American history: the intellectual and spiritual "flowering of New England, the age of Hawthorne, Thoreau, Channing, Emerson, Mann, Melville. Three sisters, each unique were at the hub of the intellectual whirlwind of the greater Boston area. All were teachers from time to time. Elizabeth founded kindergarten in the U.S. She also ran a famous bookshop on West Street in Boston, where authors gathered. Sister Mary was attracted to the educator Horace Mann. They married, went westward, and founded Antioch College. Sensitive and talented Sophia was a painter reproducing the works of others. An intellectual prone to ailments, she was a match for Nathanial Hawthorne, supporting him through ups and downs economically. Author Louise Hall Tharp compiled this volume largely with the letters, diaries, and journals of the sisters.
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- Bookseller
- Hedgehog's Whimsey Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Alibris.MA0170009182
- Title
- The Peabody Sisters of Salem
- Author
- Tharp, Louise Hall, and Auchincloss, Louis (Introduction by)
- Illustrator
- Snider, Steve (Jacket design by).
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. "Croydon Church" prior owner. Minor sun-fade to jacket s
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition. 1st 1988 reprint edition of 1950 original.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0316839205
- ISBN 13
- 9780316839204
- Publisher
- Little Brown and Company.
- Place of Publication
- Boston.
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- Snider, Steve, artist|New England "Flowering" intellectual era|Nathaniel Hawthorne|Horace Mann
- Bookseller catalogs
- Massachusetts;
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Hedgehog's Whimsey Books was born in a random moment when I decided to become a used books seller. Beginning in 2001, I apprenticed myself with a longtime pro in the next town, hoping to learn her secrets. She encouraged my free help but was wary of sharing all those secrets. Nonetheless, she turned me loose when she felt I would not embarrass her; she was impressed, finding I actually knew something about books and authors and styles. I am still learning, and I am having a good time with the random avalanches of books to be recycled into good homes, one by one. Inventory has mounted: my mother downsized her 7,000-plus library, and we (my Geezer and I) went to library book sales, yard emporiums on weekends, estate dispersals, and added the books my kids left behind, wanting to stock their own shelves anew. Some folks simply tooled down our dirt road and left boxes on our porch. Myself? Well, I am also a photographer, journalist, curious stuff collector, avid reader, writer, editor, small-time publisher, and online pontificator. At Hedgehog Enterprises, I do "Words & Pictures by & for Folks with Prickly Backs, Soft Bellies, & Small Brains", established in 1991. Since I have the smallest brain (by unpopular vote), I am the Head Hedgehog. Do I specialize in particular genres? I thought I did, but my barn has lots of Geezer-built shelves, and we have many interests, so topics vary, as do book conditions and editions. I try to describe such, and sometimes have too much fun as I poke along. There is no charge for the therapy of browsing, folks, so find my sites and stay awhile. If a purchase results, know that the tax collector in Newport, New Hampshire, may get a pleasant surprise. Or, I may buy a few more apple cider donuts or sweet potatoes. No pressure. Hedgehogs do have yearnings. If you should visit by chance or by appointment, enjoy our old New Hampshire farmhouse location alongside the Sugar River and its companion recreation Rail Trail, nearby two historic railroad covered bridges just off Chandlers Mill Road. Feel welcome. -- Lucy G Wells, proprietor.
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