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San Francisco: Paul Elder & Company, 1913. Pamphlet. [6], 7, [3] pp., frontispiece plate, illustration, wraps. Bound in green paper with deckled edges, toned along the edges; title and decorative illustration letterpress printed on the cover, in a border printed in gold ink. Text pages are laid paper with deckled edges. A short work of prose in which the female personification of patience is denied the pleasure of enjoying her garden by the drudgery of housework (caring for sick children, sewing clothes). Printed at the Tomoye Press in 1913, a couple of years after severe disagreements between John Henry Nash and Paul Elder.
Patience and Her Garden by Ida Smith Decker (1863-1914) - 1910
by Ida Smith Decker (1863-1914)
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Patience and Her Garden
by Ida Smith Decker (1863-1914)
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San Francisco:: Paul Elder & Company,, 1910. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Small 8vo. 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches. [iv], 7, [1 blank] pp. Frontispiece, title page and text printed within a green ruled border, printed on laid paper; text clean, unmarked. Green printed wrappers printed on laid paper, front cover titled in green with vignette, all printed within gilt-ruled border, sewn binding; binding square and tight, lower corner roughed up a bit. Very Good. This little fable about the meaning of life was printed for "Paul Elder and Company by the Tomoye Press under the direction of John Henry Nash, during the Month of April, nineteen hundred and ten." From the colophon. References: Checklist of the Publications of Paul Elder & Co.: No. 230; Smith, American Fiction, 1901-1925: A Bibliography, No. D-258.
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- Place of Publication San Francisco:
- Date Published 1910
- Keywords Ida Smith Decker, Patience and Her Garden, John Henry Nash, Paul Elder, Tomoye Press, Fine Press, California Fine Press, Limited Edition
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Patience and her garden
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Patience and Her Garden
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Paul Elder & Company. Collectible - Very Good. First edition copy. Collectible - Very Good. (Short Stories, Fiction)
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