19th Century American Literature from Charles Agvent
New Arrivals
LYRICS OF THE HEARTHSIDE
by DUNBAR, Paul Laurence
- Condition
- Used - Some soiling and rubbing to the cloth. About Very Good
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1899
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$125.00
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New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Some soiling and rubbing to the cloth. About Very Good. Decorated green cloth with frontispiece portrait of the author. An early collection of poetry by this child of Kentucky slaves.
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$125.00
HESPERIDES OR THE WORKS BOTH HUMANE AND DIVINE OF ROBERT HERRICK ESQ Annotated by James Russell Lowell
by [LOWELL, James Russell] HERRICK, Robert
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- Used - Light rubbing to corners and spine. Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1846
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$1,250.00
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London: William Pickering, 1846. First Edition. Hardcover. Light rubbing to corners and spine. Near Fine. Two 4-1/4" x 6-7/8" volumes in later half mottled calf and marbled boards with matching calf corners, gilt-decorated spines with gilt-lettered burgundy morocco spine labels, top edges gilt. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Herrick. James Russell Lowell's copy with his ownership SIGNATURE… Read more about this item Item Price
$1,250.00
LEAVES OF GRASS Comprising all the Poems written by Walt Whitman following the Arrangement of the Edition of 1891-'2
by WHITMAN, Walt
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- Used - About ten pages with a small, dark stain at the very top margin, far from the text; light rubbing to the raised bands at the edg
- Published
- 1930
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$3,750.00
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New York: Random House, Inc., 1930. Hardcover. About ten pages with a small, dark stain at the very top margin, far from the text; light rubbing to the raised bands at the edge of the spine which is a bit sunned. Near Fine. Valenti Angelo. Folio (9-3/4" x 14-1/2") in original red half-morocco and bevel-edged Philippine mahogany boards… Read more about this item Item Price
$3,750.00
PEARLS OF AMERICAN POETRY
by MAPLESON, T. W. Gwilt [Illuminator]
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- Used - Contents generally clean, early owner name and date on front endpaper; rubbing to covers with some scratches. Very Good or bette
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1846
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$1,250.00
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New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1846. First Edition. Hardcover. Contents generally clean, early owner name and date on front endpaper; rubbing to covers with some scratches. Very Good or better. Quarto (9" x 10") in publisher's gilt-lettered and blind-stamped black morocco leather, all edges gilt. Contains 53 chromolithographed pages by two leading Philadelphia lithographers, Brett and Sinclair, in… Read more about this item Item Price
$1,250.00
POEMS OF PLACES. SCOTLAND. Volume 1 (of 2)
by LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth (editor)
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- Used - Armorial bookplate of Henry Payne McIntosh on the front pastedown with an old auction clipping on the front endpaper. On the bla
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1876
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$1,562.50
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Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1876. First Edition. Hardcover. Armorial bookplate of Henry Payne McIntosh on the front pastedown with an old auction clipping on the front endpaper. On the blank page opposite the page with the inscription is written in dark ink: "Bangs & Co. Sale, Jany 4/1900 $10xx." Bright, clean, and Fine. Gilt and black-stamped… Read more about this item Item Price
$1,562.50
SARTOR RESARTUS. The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdrîckh
by CARLYLE, Thomas
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- Used - Spine sunned, as almost always the case. About Fine in a broken slipcase lacking the bottom edge
- Published
- 1931
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$75.00
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London: Limited Editions Club, 1931. Hardcover. Spine sunned, as almost always the case. About Fine in a broken slipcase lacking the bottom edge. Small octavo (4- 5/8" x 7-1/2") bound in full blue buckram with goldstamping, 396 pages. Preface by Ralph W. Emerson. Decorations by Albert Rutherston. Copy #98 of 1500 designed, printed, bound, and SIGNED by Oliver… Read more about this item Item Price
$75.00
SIGNED ORIGINAL DRAWING: BETTY BRINGING WATER
by NAST, Thomas
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- Used - Long, closed tear, mostly in the margin, otherwise quite nice, not examined out of the frame. Very Good
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- June 16
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- Framed Art
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$1,187.50
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Mercer, PA, June 16. Framed Art. Long, closed tear, mostly in the margin, otherwise quite nice, not examined out of the frame. Very Good. Thomas Nast. ORIGINAL PEN & INK DRAWING (3-3/4" x 6-1/2" matted and attractively framed with UV protective glass to an overall size of 12-1/2" x 14-1/2") of an African-American woman carrying a bucket titled… Read more about this item Item Price
$1,187.50
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THE WRITINGS OF HENRY DAVID THOREAU [WORKS]
by THOREAU, Henry David
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- Used - Large, personal bookplate on each front pastedown; minor spots of rubbing. Near Fine and attractive on the shelf
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- Walden Edition
- Published
- (1893)
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$2,500.00
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Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, (1893). Walden Edition. Hardcover. Large, personal bookplate on each front pastedown; minor spots of rubbing. Near Fine and attractive on the shelf. Ten 5" x 7-3/4" volumes bound in publisher's 3/4 green morocco leather and marbled boards with heavy gilt spine decoration and lettering, top edges gilt. Illustrated with portraits of… Read more about this item Item Price
$2,500.00
AN AMERICAN DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLAND LANGUAGE; FIRST EDITION IN OCTAVO, Containing the Whole Vocabulary of the Quarto, with Corrections, Improvements and Several Thousand Additional Words: To which is Prefixed an Introductory Dissertation on the Origin, History and Connection of the Languages of Western Asia and Europe, with an Explanation of the Principles on which Languages are Formed
by WEBSTER, Noah
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- Used - Light, scattered foxing; stain at bottom margin of first volume not affecting text. Covers rubbed with some loss of leather and
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- First Octavo Edition
- Published
- 1841
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$2,500.00
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New Haven, CT: Published by the author, 1841. First Octavo Edition. Hardcover. Light, scattered foxing; stain at bottom margin of first volume not affecting text. Covers rubbed with some loss of leather and staining to first volume; binding tight and firm. Very Good. Two royal octavo (7" x 10-1/2") volumes in contemporary calf leather with gilt-lettered black morocco… Read more about this item Item Price
$2,500.00
HARRIMAN ALASKA EXPEDITION WITH COOPERATION OF WASHINGTON ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. ALASKA
by BURROUGHS, John; MUIR, John; GRINNELL, George Bird
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- Used - Fine, bright copies in Near Fine, complete dustwrappers and quite scarce in this condition
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Published
- 1901
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$3,125.00
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New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1901. First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine, bright copies in Near Fine, complete dustwrappers and quite scarce in this condition. Edward Curtis. Two volumes in publisher's decorated green cloth with the scarce gilt-lettered green cloth dustwrappers. The first volume covers Narrative Glaciers, and Natives; the second History, Geography, and Resources with contributions by… Read more about this item Item Price
$3,125.00
THE PURLOINED LETTER in THE GIFT: A CHRISTMAS, NEW YEAR, AND BIRTHDAY PRESENT 1845
by (POE, Edgar Allan)
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- Used - Internally mostly clean but for staining to the title page, occasional foxing mostly to pages near the engravings, as often the
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1845
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$937.50
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Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1845. First Edition. Hardcover. Internally mostly clean but for staining to the title page, occasional foxing mostly to pages near the engravings, as often the case with this title; 1908 owner name on front endpaper. Covers fairly tight, though there is a two-inch split at the bottom of the front joint; large chip at the… Read more about this item Item Price
$937.50
AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
by DANA, Richard Henry, Jr
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- Used - Faint stain on left side from previous mounting on verso; light creases. Near Fine
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- 16 August 1850
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- Letter
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$250.00
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Boston, 16 August 1850. Letter. Faint stain on left side from previous mounting on verso; light creases. Near Fine. One-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER on a 7-3/4" x 9-3/4" sheet of blue paper SIGNED as "R. H. Dana Jr." to an unknown recipient on legal matters regarding Caleb Smith. Dana is best known as the author of TWO YEARS BEFORE… Read more about this item Item Price
$250.00
KWAIDAN
by HEARN, Lafcadio
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- Used - Faint dampstain to the bottom corner of the pages for approximately the last third of the book, not affecting the text, plates,
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1932
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$562.50
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Tokyo: Printed for the Members of The Limited Editions Club by The Shimbi Shoin, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Faint dampstain to the bottom corner of the pages for approximately the last third of the book, not affecting the text, plates, or the covers which are all clean. Near Fine in a Near Fine silk wrap-case with one ivory clasp… Read more about this item Item Price
$562.50
AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT (AM) with SIGNED CARD
by BRYANT, William Cullen
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- Used - Near Fine. Scarce and desirable
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- 3 May 1878
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- Manuscript
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$5,625.00
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3 May 1878. Manuscript. Near Fine. Scarce and desirable. Handwritten conclusion of Bryant's most famous poem and one of the best-known poems of the 19th century--"Thanatopsis"--on a 4-7/8" x 3-3/4" sheet of paper laid down on a slightly larger album size sheet; together with a small calling card SIGNED "William Cullen Bryant" and dated "May 3d 1878. With… Read more about this item Item Price
$5,625.00
AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS): Charming Missive to a Young Boy Named Charlie
by LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth
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- Used - Normal folds from mailing; ink a bit light. Near Fine
- Published
- 1867
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- Letter
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$2,500.00
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Cambridge, 1867. Letter. Normal folds from mailing; ink a bit light. Near Fine. Superb 4-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED "Henry W. Longfellow" on a 9" x 7" sheet of paper, folded once, to "My Dear Charlie," a young boy as obvious by the content. In full: "I have been so long in answering your letter, that no doubt you… Read more about this item Item Price
$2,500.00
AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
by BURROUGHS, John
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- Used - Paperclip rust stain at top margin. Near Fine
- Published
- 24 August 1893
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- Letter
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$562.50
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West Park, NY, 24 August 1893. Letter. Paperclip rust stain at top margin. Near Fine. A two-page handwritten letter to Robert Underwood Johnson ("Dear Johnson"), Associate Editor of CENTURY MAGAZINE, on two panels of a 10" x 8" sheet folded in half, SIGNED in full by Burroughs at the conclusion. In part: "I have not written an outdoor… Read more about this item Item Price
$562.50
AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT (AMs) From THE WATER WITCH
by COOPER, James Fenimore
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- Used - A few small holes affecting text repaired with tissue, minor scattered foxing and soiling. Very Good
- Published
- [1828]
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- Manuscript
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$4,375.00
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[1828]. Manuscript. A few small holes affecting text repaired with tissue, minor scattered foxing and soiling. Very Good. Unsigned handwritten fragment of his working draft of this novel about the abduction of a woman by a pirate. Two pages in dark ink in his small hand, approximately 600 words, on both sides of an 8" x 3-1/4" sheet.… Read more about this item Item Price
$4,375.00
AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED (ANS)
by VAN DYKE, Henry
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- Used - Attractive example, close to Fine
- Published
- 24 March 1897
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- Letter
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$93.80
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24 March 1897. Letter. Attractive example, close to Fine. One-page handwritten note SIGNED on a 5" x7" sheet to author Robert Bridges. In full: "Dear Bridges, You have a 'lovely' collection of poets in your den. Is it asking too much to request to make room for this vellum?" Based on the content, this is likely an endpaper… Read more about this item Item Price
$93.80
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THE WRITINGS OF HENRY DAVID THOREAU [WORKS] with a leaf of manuscript
by THOREAU, Henry David
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- Used - Manuscript leaf detached and laid in loosely. Spines of 19 volumes evenly sunned to a light tan; very minor wear. Near Fine
- Edition
- Manuscript Edition
- Published
- 1906
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$18,750.00
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1906. Manuscript Edition. Hardcover. Manuscript leaf detached and laid in loosely. Spines of 19 volumes evenly sunned to a light tan; very minor wear. Near Fine. Large octavo (6" x 8-3/4"), 20 volumes, the first volume in publisher's 3/4 green morocco leather with gilt-lettered and decorated spine, the remaining 19 volumes in 3/4… Read more about this item Item Price
$18,750.00
A YEAR OF CONSOLATION with AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
by BUTLER Mrs. [Fanny Kemble]
- Condition
- Used - Occasional light foxing; front hinge holding by one cord, joints rubbed. Very Good
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Published
- 1847
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
- Item Price
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$437.50
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New York: Wiley & Putnam, 1847. First American Edition. Hardcover. Occasional light foxing; front hinge holding by one cord, joints rubbed. Very Good. Two volumes bound in one, publisher's black half morocco with matching corners. An account of the popular actress's year after leaving her husband, a wealthy Georgian plantation owner who ultimately divorced her. A 2-3/8" x… Read more about this item Item Price
$437.50
