UNIQUE ALBUM OF LIZZIE HART from NEW ORLEANS mid 1880s de LIZZIE HART - 1880

N/A: Private, 1880. Book. Good. Hardcover. Private Copy. 5 ½ x 8 ½. TITLE: UNIQUE ALBUM OF LIZZIE HART from NEW ORLEANS mid 1880s AUTHOR: LIZZIE HART (owner of book) PUBLISHER - (LOCATION) /COPYRIGHT: This is a private album and has never been printed and possibly never seen EDITION: Private copy, unique CATEGORY: Super Rare BINDING/COVER: Hardback without dust jacket COLOR: Purple CONDITION: The outside of the album is in good minus condition; there is some scuffing to the velvet like material along the edges and the spine. Album looks like it may have been handled moderately from the front. BOOK IS FULL OF WRITINGS AND DRAWING FROM FELLOW STUDENTS, RELATIVES, MINISTER, AND PEOPLE WHO KNEW LIZZIE HART DURING THE MID 1880s. SOME OF THE WRITINGS AND INSCRIPTIONS INDICATE SHE MAY HAVE BEEN A STUDENT AT THE TIME. LIZZIE MUST HAVE COME FROM A VERY WEATHLY FAMILY BECAUSE EVERYONE SIGNING THE BOOK SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN HIGHLY EDUCATED FOR THE TIME PERIOD. HER ADDRESS AT THE TIME SEEM TO HAVE BEEN: MISS LIZZIE HART - N 35 PALMYRA ST. N.O. LA. MOST OF THE PEOPLE WHO SIGNED AND DREW IN THE BOOK USED NEW ORLEANS OR THE CRESCENT CITY AS THEIR PLACE OF REFERENCE AT THE BOTTOM OR SIDE OF THE PAGES. Book is fairly age brown clean, tight and sturdy. SIZE: 5 ½ x 8 ½ (approximately) PAGES: OVER 110 pages including front and back with over half with drawings or writings. BACKGROUND/DESCRIPTION: BOOK IS FULL OF WRITINGS AND DRAWING FROM FELLOW STUDENTS, RELATIVES, MINISTER, AND PEOPLE WHO KNEW LIZZIE HART DURING THE MID 1880s. SOME OF THE WRITINGS AND INSCRIPTIONS INDICATE SHE MAY HAVE BEEN A STUDENT AT THE TIME. SHE MUST HAVE BEEN REALLY LOVED, BECAUSE ALMOST ALL THE CREATIVE WRITINGS AND DRAWINGS TOOK SOME TIME. THERE IS A DRAWING OF AN INDIAN LOOKING UPWARD TOWARD THE SUN ALONGSIDE A RIVER (having a penciled title of 'The Last of His Tribe'). THERE ARE A COUPLE OF DRAWINGS WITH FLOWERS. THERE ARE MANY LINES OF POETRY THAT MAY BE UNIQUE FROM THE SIGNERS. LIZZIE MUST HAVE COME FROM A VERY WEATHLY FAMILY BECAUSE EVERYONE SIGNING THE BOOK SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN HIGHLY EDUCATED FOR THE TIME PERIOD. COMPETITIVE PRICING! Once paid, books will ship immediately without email notification to customer (it's on the way), you are welcomed to email about shipment date! REFUNDS: All ViewFair books, prints, and manuscript items are 100% refundable up to 14 business days after item is received. InvCode 15500 E H V VIEWFAIR BOOKS: 005342.