Resultados de búsqueda: the story of my life de mary a livermore

UsedVeryGood. Hardcover, Dark Red cloth w/ gilt lettering on cover and spine. Previous owners stamp on flyleaf. Pages are clean and unmarked. Sturdy binding. Given age, Excellent condition!

Hartford, CT: A. D. Worthington & Co., 1897. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Narrative of her early life and struggles for education, three years experiences on a southern plantation among white masters and black slaves, her courtship, marriage, domestic life, etc. Incidents and recollections of three years experience as an Army Nurse in the Great Civil War. Six of her most popular lectures". Gilt lettering & decorations on fleur-de-lis embossed red cloth covered boards. 8vo, 730pp plus ads. Gift inscription o the first free end paper. Front inner hinge started. Frontispiece & one other illustration (Pg. 442) loose.

A. D. Worthington, 1889. hardcover. Acceptable. 0x0x0. Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. Binding loose, weak. Front board separating. Gift inscription. Anecdotes, pathetic incidents, and thrilling reminiscences portraying the lights and shadows of hospital life and the sanitary service of the war.

New York: Arno Press, (1972). Facsimile reprint of Hartford, Conn.: A D. Worthington and Company, 1889. American Women: Images and Realities. Octavo, red cloth (hardcover), 700 pp, [ii] pp. Near Fine.

Hartford: A. D. Worthington & Co, 1898. Hardcover. Fair. Octavo. xxxiv, 35-730 pages, [4] pages advertisements. Illustrated. Faded blue green cloth hardcover with blind stamped border decorations. Gilt title on spine. Green floral end sheets. Light insect damage to the cloth binding. Rear hinge cracked. Interior contents are clean.

Hartford: A.D. Worthington & Co., 1897. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/no jacket, as issued. lightest wear to book, spine sunned. Civil War era memoir. Broadfoot, 345. Mary Livermore, born Mary Ashton Rice, (1820 – 1905) was an American journalist, abolitionist, and advocate of women's rights. Books and other items ship promptly with a tracking number and (generally over $15.00) jacket protectors if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. 

Mary Livermore's own description of her life as a "Teacher, Author, Wife, Mother, Army Nurse, Soldier's Friend, Lecturer, and Reformer," including her experiences as a nurse in the American Civil War. Illustrated with portraits and 120 engravings. i-xxxiv; 35-730 pp. plus 2 advertisements for other publications from A.D. Worthington & Co. Publishers. One of the blank end pages is missing in front, and there is a niche taken out of the blank end pages in back. Otherwise this book is in quite good condition.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Chicago: A.D. Worthington, 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Photographs. Important Chicago woman author and journalist spent years on a Southern plantation among slaves and slave-owners. A work of journalistic merit and scarce in this fine condition. Book comes in an archival Mylar jacket.

Hartford, Conn.: A.D. Worthington & Co. Publishers, 1898. Hardcover. Very Good +/No Dust Jacket. Three-quarters leather with cloth, floral endpapers, frontispiece with tissue guard, fully illustrated, 730 pages plus ads. Narrative of her early life and struggles for education, three years experiences on a southern plantation among white masters and black slaves, her courtship, marriage, domestic life, etc. Incidents and recollections of three years experience as an Army Nurse in the Great Civil War. Six of her most popular lectures. Clean unmarked copy, front hinge cracked but holding, three pages at front loose but still attached [seems to be a common fault with this title], gilt titles and decorations on spine nice and bright, leather very nice with just a touch of rubbing at edges, overall a handsome copy and rather scarce in leather.

Hartford, Conn: A. D. Worthington & Co., 1898. Hardcover. Very Good. 22.5 x 15 cm. Octavo. xviii 730pp [4] ads. 122 illustrations including some full page plates. Bound into 1/2 black leather, gilt spine labels and decorations. Early printing with 1897 on copyright page and 1898 on title page. There is a damp stain to the bottom of both of the frontispieces, not quite reaching the illustrations themselves. The stain is also present on the foredge but besides the frontispieces does not effect the interior. Some scuffing to edges.

Hardback. New.

Hartford, CT: A.D. Worthington and Company. Good. 1889. Hardcover. Banded, tan full leather binding with black leather backstrip label rubbed at extremities; spine ends, board edges & corners frayed; backstrip abraded & leather along gutters split; boards scuffed & soiled; hinges cracked & front hinge separating, though textblock tight; owner's stamp & inked date on front paste-down; corner tips of a few leaves bent; leaf edges, paste-downs, endpapers & first few leaves foxed/smudged. ; Many good b&w ils.; 8vo; 700 pages .

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Hartford, CT: A.D. Worthington and Company. Good. 1890. Hardcover. Banded, rust half leather binding, with brown cloth boards rubbed at extremities, very slightly cocked; backstrip, corners abraded; leather along front gutter splitting; boards soiled & scuffed; hinges cracked; front hinge reinforced with glue; one intro page detached but present; name pencilled on rear paste-down; a few leaves chipped at edges; corners of a few leaves bent; leaf edges, paste-downs, endpapers foxed/smudged. No dj. ; Many good b&w ils., showy color flag plates; front endpaper gift inscribed to Dr. Hood March, and signed by Captain Henry S. LaTourrette. (85th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Civil War) ; 8vo; 700 pages; Signed by Notable Personage, Unrelated .

New.

Paperback / softback. New.