Hannah Thurston: A Story of American Life by [WOMEN] TAYLOR, Bayard - 1864

New York: G.P. Putnam, 1864. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (19cm.); publisher's purple blind-embossed cloth, gilt-lettered spine; 464,[2](ads)pp. Spine rather cocked and gilt dulled, boards scuffed with subsequent exposure, upper cover and spine toned to brown, slightly later ex libris to front pastedown, else Good or better, internally quite fresh and sound. The author's first novel, composed while serving as the American chargé d'affaires in Russia, though the text is devoted to the life and exploits of an American Quaker woman and her involvement in both the Anti-Slavery movement and women's rights. WRIGHT II 2431.