Bibliography Of The Works Of Isabel Anderson (Mrs. Larz Anderson) -

Boston: Phillips, Sampson, and Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards sunned and rubbed, bookplate scar on . front pastedown of first volume, light wear to heads and tails of spines, . foxing to first and last several leaves of each volume.. 1854. First Edition. Hardcover. In two volumes. Faded purple blindstamped cloth with border of fruit and leaf designs. Titles stamped in gilt on spines. Engravings after designs by Hammatt Billings. Following on the heels of her influential and bestselling abolitionist novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Stowe published this novel thinly based on her travels in Europe, some of which time was spent meeting with anti-slavery groups. Hildreth p. 78, BAL 19375A. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Boston: John L. Shorey. Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, bubbling to front boards, front . hinge reglued, owner bookplate (S. C. Hodges, Oxford, Massachusetts) on . front pastedown.. 1866. Hardcover. Green ruled cloth binding. Title stamped in gilt on spine. Vi, 3-316 pp. A nineteenth century gift book containing short stories, poems, essays, and other writings culled from contemporary sources that are “la creme de la creme...for “readers who, in seeking intellectual relaxation, prefer not to waste their time on light literature of an inferior stamp. ” (publisher’s advertisement). Includes contributions by Alfred Tennyson, Robert Chambers, Leigh Hunt, Dinah M. Craik, William Mudford, Henry A. Blood, and William Allingham, among others. BAL 17257. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

NY: Harper and Brothers. Fair with no dust jacket; Boards worn, spine cocked, spot of insect damage . at center of front hinge, musty, foxing throughout, owner names penciled . on front free endpaper and front flyleaf.. 1837. Second Edition. Hardcover. By the Author of “Hope Leslie”, “The Linwoods, ” &c. [Catharine M. Sedgwick]. Brown pebbled cloth with title stamped in gilt on spine. Measures 6 x 4 inches. 186pp. + 8pp of publisher ads. Sabin 78798. Wright 2359. BAL 17367. Catharine M. Sedgwick was a popular Massachusetts author in the first half of the 19th century, whose best-selling work was the historical novel "Hope Leslie" about the early interactions between British settlers and Native Americans in Massachusetts colony. She would be regarded today as a feminist, who chose to remain unmarried throughout her life to focus on her writing career and who wrote about women's rights in her 1857 novel "Married or Single?" In The Poor Rich Man,… Leer más

Paris: Giraldon-Bovinet et Comp.. Fair with no dust jacket; Two of the engravings trimmed at one side, two . facing engravings have stain in center. Boards worn, front joint and hinge . cracked but holding, scattered light foxing.. 1830. Hardcover. Quarterbound navy leather with marbled paper-coveredsides. A gift book collection of poetry, prose, and short stories. Text in French. Three of 17 engravings present. Handsome engraved bookplate of Lieutenant Thomas Perry on front pastedown and his name, dated 1877 in Panama, in center of first engraving of a Thos. Southard cartouche. Measures 7.5 x 5 inches. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 267 pages .

Boston: Ticknor & Fields. Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, 1/2 inch tear at bottom of front . hinge, rear hinge cracked, 1872 owner signature on front flyleaf, owner . name stamped on rear flyleaf with offset to facing page, pages toned, a . few dog-eared pages.. 1868. Hardcover. Green ruled cloth. Titles stamped in gilt on spine. A collection of ten condensed versions of Dickens' works, taken from his wildly popular dramatic reading tours of Great Britain and the United States. This book contains ten stories, each with its own title page: A Christmas Carol, Bardell and Pickwick, David Copperfield, Mr. Bob Sawyer's Party, The Story of Little Dombey, Nicholas Nickleby (at the Yorkshire School) , Boots at the Holly-Tree Inn, Dr. Marigold, Nicholas Nickleby (Short Reading) , and Mrs. Gamp. Each story has a frontispiece illustration by S. Eytinge, Jr, except for the first Nicholas Nickleby tale and Boots at the Holly-Tree Inn. Two pages of publisher advertisements precede… Leer más

Boston: Phillips, Sampson, and Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards sunned and rubbed, bookplate scar on . front pastedown of first volume, light wear to heads and tails of spines, . foxing to first and last several leaves of each volume.. 1854. First Edition. Hardcover. In two volumes. Faded purple blindstamped cloth with border of fruit and leaf designs. Titles stamped in gilt on spines. Engravings after designs by Hammatt Billings. Following on the heels of her influential and bestselling abolitionist novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Stowe published this novel thinly based on her travels in Europe, some of which time was spent meeting with anti-slavery groups. Hildreth p. 78, BAL 19375A. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Boston: John L. Shorey. Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, bubbling to front boards, front . hinge reglued, owner bookplate (S. C. Hodges, Oxford, Massachusetts) on . front pastedown.. 1866. Hardcover. Green ruled cloth binding. Title stamped in gilt on spine. Vi, 3-316 pp. A nineteenth century gift book containing short stories, poems, essays, and other writings culled from contemporary sources that are “la creme de la creme...for “readers who, in seeking intellectual relaxation, prefer not to waste their time on light literature of an inferior stamp. ” (publisher’s advertisement). Includes contributions by Alfred Tennyson, Robert Chambers, Leigh Hunt, Dinah M. Craik, William Mudford, Henry A. Blood, and William Allingham, among others. BAL 17257. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

NY: Harper and Brothers. Fair with no dust jacket; Boards worn, spine cocked, spot of insect damage . at center of front hinge, musty, foxing throughout, owner names penciled . on front free endpaper and front flyleaf.. 1837. Second Edition. Hardcover. By the Author of “Hope Leslie”, “The Linwoods, ” &c. [Catharine M. Sedgwick]. Brown pebbled cloth with title stamped in gilt on spine. Measures 6 x 4 inches. 186pp. + 8pp of publisher ads. Sabin 78798. Wright 2359. BAL 17367. Catharine M. Sedgwick was a popular Massachusetts author in the first half of the 19th century, whose best-selling work was the historical novel "Hope Leslie" about the early interactions between British settlers and Native Americans in Massachusetts colony. She would be regarded today as a feminist, who chose to remain unmarried throughout her life to focus on her writing career and who wrote about women's rights in her 1857 novel "Married or Single?" In The Poor Rich Man,… Leer más

Paris: Giraldon-Bovinet et Comp.. Fair with no dust jacket; Two of the engravings trimmed at one side, two . facing engravings have stain in center. Boards worn, front joint and hinge . cracked but holding, scattered light foxing.. 1830. Hardcover. Quarterbound navy leather with marbled paper-coveredsides. A gift book collection of poetry, prose, and short stories. Text in French. Three of 17 engravings present. Handsome engraved bookplate of Lieutenant Thomas Perry on front pastedown and his name, dated 1877 in Panama, in center of first engraving of a Thos. Southard cartouche. Measures 7.5 x 5 inches. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 267 pages .

Boston: Ticknor & Fields. Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, 1/2 inch tear at bottom of front . hinge, rear hinge cracked, 1872 owner signature on front flyleaf, owner . name stamped on rear flyleaf with offset to facing page, pages toned, a . few dog-eared pages.. 1868. Hardcover. Green ruled cloth. Titles stamped in gilt on spine. A collection of ten condensed versions of Dickens' works, taken from his wildly popular dramatic reading tours of Great Britain and the United States. This book contains ten stories, each with its own title page: A Christmas Carol, Bardell and Pickwick, David Copperfield, Mr. Bob Sawyer's Party, The Story of Little Dombey, Nicholas Nickleby (at the Yorkshire School) , Boots at the Holly-Tree Inn, Dr. Marigold, Nicholas Nickleby (Short Reading) , and Mrs. Gamp. Each story has a frontispiece illustration by S. Eytinge, Jr, except for the first Nicholas Nickleby tale and Boots at the Holly-Tree Inn. Two pages of publisher advertisements precede… Leer más