Homes of American authors : comprising anecdotical, personal, and descriptive sketches

George William Curtis, Henry T. (Henry Theodore) Tuckerman, William Cullen Bryant, George Washington Greene, Charles F. (Charles Frederick) Briggs, George Stillman Hillard

Verlag: D. Appleton, 1855

Beschreibung

Lovely binding. Bound in black stamped brown calf. All edges gilt. Some rubbing, front joint flaked. Marbled end pages. viii, 374 pages, [36] leaves of plates : illustrations (some hand-colored), portraits, facsimiles (some double) ; 21 cm. Internally excellent. A handsome volume, in better than standard condition. Homes of the following American Authors discussed: John James Audubon.--James K. Paulding.--Washington Irving.--William Cullen Bryant.--George Bancroft.--Richard Henry Dana.--William H. Prescott.--Miss C. M. Sedgwick.--J. Fenimore Cooper.--Edward Everett.--Ralph Waldo Emerson.--William Gilmore Simms.--Henry W. Longfellow.--Nathaniel Hawthorne.--Daniel Webster.--John Pendleton Kennedy.--James Russell Lowell 1855 reprint, with second title also showing 1854 copyright. Authors: G. W. Curtis, H. T. Tuckerman, G. W. Greene, C. F. Briggs, G. S. Hillard, W. C. Bryant, G. W. Peck, R. W. Griswold, P. Godwin, E. E. Hale, Mrs. C. M. Kirkland. Provenance: Early inscription to Emily Schermerhorn from her sister Margaret Parker, 1856. Later stamped Mr. J. E. Schermerhorn. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1707240041

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Titel: Homes of American authors : comprising ...

Verlag: D. Appleton

Erscheinungsdatum: 1855

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good