The Prose Writers of America; With a Survey of the Intellectual History, Condition, and Prospects of the Country

Griswold, Rufus Wilmot

Verlag: Parry & McMillan, Philadelphia

Beschreibung

1857. (Leather binding) Very good, no dust jacket. 552pp. Red leather with gilt lettering and decoration to the cover and ribbed spine. All edges gilt, illustrations. The corners are lightly bumped, edges are lightly worn and there is some speckling and discoloration to the edges of the front matter. "This volume contains a brief survey of our intellectual history, condition, and prospects, followed by more than seventy biographical and critical notices of authors, chronologically arranged, and illustrated, in most cases, by some fragments or entire short compositions from their works" - from the Preface. (Ideas, American Literature, Authors--United States, Biography, Ideas, Intellectual Life). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 152309

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Titel: The Prose Writers of America; With a Survey ...

Verlag: Parry & McMillan, Philadelphia

Einband: Hardcover