Past Meridian
by Sigourney, Lydia H
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good -
- Seller
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton & Co, 1854. Hardcover. Very Good -. iv, [3], 10-239 p.; 18 cm. Original brown cloth with gilt-stamped spine title; blind-stamped decoration on both boards. Front free endpaper inscribed: "Madam Noyes with the respects of LH Sigourney Christmas 1854." A delightful look at those, like the author, in the P.M. of their life, this first edition appearing when popular American author Lydia Sigourney (1791-1865) was in her 60s. Inscribed by the author in the year of its publication; it is not known which Madam Noyes was the recipient of this volume. BAL 17903, binding A. In Very Good- Condition: cloth is somewhat faded and lightly stained; gilt spine title faded; ends of spine starting to fray; light foxing on a few pages; otherwise pages are clean and tight.
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- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001111
- Title
- Past Meridian
- Author
- Sigourney, Lydia H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good -
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- D. Appleton & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1854
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography & Autobiography; Women's History & Biography; Women Writers;
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania
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