Eminent Women of the Age: Being Narratives of the Lives and Good Deeds of the Most Prominent Women of the Present Generation
by Parton, James; Greeley, Horace;
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, plates foxed, some light soiling to some pages.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
Hartford, CT: S. M. Betts & Co.. Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, plates foxed, some light soiling to . some pages.. 1869. Later Printing. Hardcover. 628 pp plus [2] pp of publisher ads. Green cloth with decorated titles stamped in gilt on front boards and spine. A compilation of short biographies of 47 Victorian era women, written by various authors. Subjects include Harriet Beecher Stowe, Emma Willard, Rosa Bonheur, Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell and others. Contributors include Horace Greeley, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Fanny Fern, and John S. C. Abbott, among others. Contains 13 steel engraved portraits of some of the eminent women discussed in the text. Lacks frontispiece portrait of artist Rosa Bonheur. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 41199
- Title
- Eminent Women of the Age: Being Narratives of the Lives and Good Deeds of the Most Prominent Women of the Present Generation
- Author
- Parton, James; Greeley, Horace;
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, plates foxed, some light soiling to some pages.
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Publisher
- S. M. Betts & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Hartford, CT
- Date Published
- 1869
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Victorian Women, Women's History, 19th Century Women
- Bookseller catalogs
- Women's Studies;
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Old Saratoga Books
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Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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