War Letters Of An American Woman
by Van Vorst, Marie
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Ontario, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
New York: John Lane Company, 1916. First Edition. HB. Blue cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo, 328 pp. Marie Louise Van Vorst (1867-1936) was a novelist and muckraking journalist in the early 20th Century. She was in France when World War I started, and after receiving training in London, served in Red Cross hospitals in France. In 1915 she toured the U.S. to gather support for the Allies. This book is a compilation of her letters during World War I. War Service Library bookplate front pastedown, card pocket loosely inserted at rear. Frontis illustration of the author and sixteen illustrations within text. Frontis detached but present, binding weak at title page. Covers show edge wear, fraying top of spine, spine lettering rubbed. Book condition Good+.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Parker's Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- HP7087
- Title
- War Letters Of An American Woman
- Author
- Van Vorst, Marie
- Format/Binding
- HB
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Lane Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1916
- Bookseller catalogs
- World War I;
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Parker's Rare Books
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Ontario, Wisconsin
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- First Edition
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- Good+
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- Bookplate
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