Florida Days [19th Century North Florida Travelogue]
by Deland, Margaret (1857-1945)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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DeLand, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1889. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illustrated by Louis K. Harlow.
Decorated cloth; bindings are tight with a slight shelf lean. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear with hand soiling. 8vo; 8.5 inches tall; xviii, [19]-200 pages printed on thick cardstock. Illustrated by Louis K. Harlow with Chronograph color frontispiece plus 3 plates all tissue-guarded; vignettes, and plates.. An early travel account in Northern Florida through St. Augustine and along the St. Johns River in the 1880s. The authors vivid reminiscences of the scenery, natural history, and the local people of the time, some of it in dialect coupled with fine illustrations by Louis K. Harlow evoke the place as it was before the massive development and commercialization.
Background Information:
Margaret Deland published 33 books generally considered part of the literary realism movement. She was active in recognizing the ongoing struggles for women's rights in the United States.
Louis Kinney Harlow (1850-1913) was an exceptional New England landscape artist, noted for his paintings and etchings at the end of the 19th century.
REF: Clark, New South 302
Decorated cloth; bindings are tight with a slight shelf lean. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear with hand soiling. 8vo; 8.5 inches tall; xviii, [19]-200 pages printed on thick cardstock. Illustrated by Louis K. Harlow with Chronograph color frontispiece plus 3 plates all tissue-guarded; vignettes, and plates.. An early travel account in Northern Florida through St. Augustine and along the St. Johns River in the 1880s. The authors vivid reminiscences of the scenery, natural history, and the local people of the time, some of it in dialect coupled with fine illustrations by Louis K. Harlow evoke the place as it was before the massive development and commercialization.
Background Information:
Margaret Deland published 33 books generally considered part of the literary realism movement. She was active in recognizing the ongoing struggles for women's rights in the United States.
Louis Kinney Harlow (1850-1913) was an exceptional New England landscape artist, noted for his paintings and etchings at the end of the 19th century.
REF: Clark, New South 302
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- Bookseller
- Blind Horse Books [ABAA - FABA] (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011625
- Title
- Florida Days [19th Century North Florida Travelogue]
- Author
- Deland, Margaret (1857-1945)
- Illustrator
- Illustrated by Louis K. Harlow
- Format/Binding
- A Very Good Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Little, Brown, and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1889
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Travelogue; Florida History; Floridiana; Decorated American Cloth
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