Recollections Of My Mother

NY: Fleming H. Revell Company, (1912.) 1st edition. Signed and inscribed on the front free endpaper: "Greetings to a friend of my friend, / Zephine Humphrey Fahnestock / Dorset, [Vermont] 1941." A scarce biographical memoir of her mother, Harriet L. Sykes Humphrey (1832-1910), a social reformer and religious lecturer who was an early influence on future Nobel laureate Jane Addams.… Read more about this item

Fleming H. Revell Co, 1912. Hardcover. FAIR/NONE. Inscribed by author; 292 mostly clean, unmarked, tight pages but with some stains in the gutter and on top and bottom edges; front and back hinges are cracking; soiling on outer edges of textblock; cover is sturdy but has stains, worn corners and edges, tear along rear spine, and fraying at… Read more about this item