LITTLE JOURNEYS TO THE HOMES OF FAMOUS WOMEN (Little Journeys Series, Volume 3)
by Hubbard, Elbert
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
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About This Item
New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's, 1897. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Text/Near New, and showing trace margin discoloration. Gilt embossed, illustrated blue linen boards/NF w/nips & rubs to edges. DJ/None. Upper text edge in gilt. PO name to fEP. From his Roycroft Press in East Aurora, NY, Illinois-born Elbert Hubbard (1856 - 1915) edited The Philistine magazine and published numerous writings including the series of 170 Little Journeys to homes of great/famous personages, which were first issued in single copies. This volume is the composite collection of those written about of famous women. 12 essays with portraits: 1, Elizabeth Barrett Browing; 2, Madame Guyon; 3, Harriet Martineau; 4, Charlotte Bronte; 5, Christina Rossetti; 6, Rosa Bonheur; 7, Madame de Stael; 8, Elizabeth Fry; 9, Mary Lamb; 10, Jane Austen; 11, Empress Josephine; and, 12, Mary W. Shelley.
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- 100 POCKETS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009485
- Title
- LITTLE JOURNEYS TO THE HOMES OF FAMOUS WOMEN (Little Journeys Series, Volume 3)
- Author
- Hubbard, Elbert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Thus
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1897
- Keywords
- Anthology/Famous Women
- Bookseller catalogs
- Feminism/Women Studies; Essays/Prose Narratives;
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