THE TORY LOVER

Jewett, Sarah Orne [1849-1909]

Verlag: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston, 1901

Beschreibung

12mo. (20 cm.) vi, 405p. Frontispiece portrait by Marcia O. Woodbury with tissue guard plus three full-page black and white illustrations by Charles H. Woodbury. Decorated title page. Maroon cloth with letters in gilt on the front cover and the spine and with a gilt decorative device in the form of a shield on the front cover. Just touches of wear to extremities, spine very slightly faded, spine gilt very slightly dulled, cover gilt bright, previous owner's address sticker blacked out on front pastedown, all illustrations present and in fine condition, tissue guard intact, else near fine to fine with no internal markings. No dust jacket. This is an early reprint with "Lackyng my love, I goe from place to place" on p. 278 and 33 lines on page 154. [BAL 10914] Sarah Orne Jewett [1849-1909] was an American novelist and shoot-story writer known for her local-color stories of Maine. THE TORY LOVER is a work of fiction. Because of her charming style, her perception, and her sympathetic understanding of her subjects, she is regarded as one of the best of the local color writers and one who influenced the writing of Willa Cather. [from The Reader's Encyclopedia]. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 008188

Bibliografische Details

Titel: THE TORY LOVER

Verlag: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston

Erscheinungsdatum: 1901

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Near Fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket

Auflage: 1st Edition