A DAUGHTER OF THE MIDDLE BORDER.
by Garland, Hamlin (1860-1940)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Kinzers, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
The Macmillan Company, New York: 1922., 1922 pp. xv, 405 + Portrait Frontis. Uncut and unopened. Signed inked presentation "I put my name in this book for Mrs. Charles H. Ellis, with pleasure, Hamlin Garland, Dec. 17, 1924. Also another inscription "Mary Isabel Garland Grand daughter of the Middle Border". Mary was the author's daughter. Slight shelf wear bottom edge. Small 8vo. Original full black cloth binding. Front board lettered and ruled in red with a design of a covered wagon in gold and red. Spine lettered in gold. First published October 1921, this Pulitzer Prize-winning sequel to A Son of the Middle Border continues the author's autobiographical theme and deals with Garland's marriage and later career. This sensitive study of individuals, their relationships, and the colorful drama that made up their daily lives offers a glimpse into pioneer life in 19th-century mid-America. Very nice signed copy. JUN5 BOX 4 Language: eng. Signed by Author(s). Hardcover. Very Good.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- THE FAMILY ALBUM (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 043JUN5
- Title
- A DAUGHTER OF THE MIDDLE BORDER.
- Author
- Garland, Hamlin (1860-1940)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company, New York: 1922.
- Date Published
- 1922
- Keywords
- AUTOBIOGRAPHY; HAMLIN GARLAND; DAUGHTER OF THE MIDDLE BORDER; ISABEL MCCLIN TOCK MARY ZULIME TAFT; SIGNED; 1922 AUTOBIOGRAPHY / BIOGRAPHY; HISTORY
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE;
Terms of Sale
THE FAMILY ALBUM
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
THE FAMILY ALBUM
Biblio member since 2007
Kinzers, Pennsylvania
About THE FAMILY ALBUM
Ron Lieberman, has been an antiquarian bookseller, rare book appraiser, and library consultant for Fifty years. His firm, The Family Album, has issued a series of exceptional catalogs and bibliographic references in a variety of fields, including: Incunabula; Pennsylvania-Americana; German-Americana; Fine Book Bindings; Early Photographica; Printing History & Typography; Classics from the Great Scholar / Printers; Etc. He was the instructor for a series of valuable workshops and courses in the history, taste, and technique of book collecting. He frequently lectures before professional groups of librarians and archivists on: the book trade; collection and building security; disaster preparedness; appraisals; and preservation, conservation, and binding. He has also often appeared on radio and television popularizing the pleasant hobby of antique book collecting. His expert opinion on the book collecting market; values of archives and manuscripts; collection preservation & security; historic photographs; and the value of rare books has been sought by sources as diverse as: the Historical & Museum Commission of PA; the PA State Library; the Library of Congress; the Smithsonian Institution; the FBI; American Bible Society; Money Magazine; Kipplinger Magazine; Conservation Centers; Warmans Antique Price Guides; U.S.A. Today; as well as Universities, Colleges, and Historical Societies throughout the United States. As one of the organizers of the World Library Fund, Mr. Lieberman provides professional analyses of library collections, and helps plan library development for public and private institutions in the United States and abroad. He was a Member of the Board of Governors of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (A.B.A.A.), and Chairman of the A.B.A.A. Security Committee. He was a long-time regular member of the Security Committee of the Rare Book and Manuscript Section (RBMS) of the American Library Association (ALA); and was the Past President of the Middle Atlantic Chapter, A.B.A.A. Mr. Lieberman was also, for many years, a consulting editor and contributor to the Haworth Press journal: "College & Undergraduate Libraries" American Library Association (ALA); + ACRL/RBMS [For 35 Continuous Years] // PA Library Association (PLA) // Bibliographical Society of America // Middle Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) // Society for the History of Authorship, Readership, and Publishing (SHARP) // Philobiblon Club // Etc. Etc.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...