A QUAKER LOVE STORY and Other Poems.
by Jones, Maria W
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine in gray cloth with black lettering and illustration on the front cover, beveled edges to the boards, decorative endpap
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About This Item
Chicago:: J. L. Regan & Co., Printers,, 1885.. Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in gray cloth with black lettering and illustration on the front cover, beveled edges to the boards, decorative endpapers. Gift inscription to "Miss Bigelow from Laura April 15th, 1886" and small bookplate of Oakella Bigelow (1857-1916, Toledo, Ohio.). First edition. The title poem retells in verse a story first told by the 'heroine' sixty years ago - that is, it was a story of travel over 400 miles of rough mountains by two young women, courting and love, set on the Virginia - Ohio border in the 1820s. The other poems had been published in such magazines as Scribner's, The Century, etc. Engraved frontispiece, one other illustration of Prospect Hill (by Baker), a few decorative tailpieces. 79 pp.
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- Bookseller
- Bookfever.com, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 41044
- Title
- A QUAKER LOVE STORY and Other Poems.
- Author
- Jones, Maria W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine in gray cloth with black lettering and illustration on the front cover, beveled edges to the boards, decorative endpap
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J. L. Regan & Co., Printers,
- Place of Publication
- Chicago:
- Date Published
- 1885.
- Keywords
- ohio, virginia, religion, quakers,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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