Lena Rivers. by Holmes, Mary J. [Jane]

New York: Street & Smith Corporation, 1900. Undated reprint of this novel of domestic life, circa 1900; first published in 1856. Successful in her day, selling over 2 million books during her lifetime, Holmes was all but ignored by the (white male) literary establishment in the twentieth century, only coming back into significance recently for her sympathetic portrayal of issues of gender, race & class. Cheaply-made paperback, publisher's Select Library No. 44. Cover is falling off and has been poorly "repaired" with cloth tape; pages tanned. 286 pages. . Reprint. Paperback. Fair. 4¾" by 7".

Grosset and Dunlap , New York NY, 1900+, Hardcover, . Fair - good Novel Western NY, no front ep, name written inside, darker spine, rubbing

J. H. Sears & Company Inc. Hardcover. Good to Very Good. Condition is Good to VG. Text is clean & tight. Red boards have moderate wear and soiling. Gold gilt lettering and design is somewhat faded. No date but most likely early 1920s. Red hard cover. 244 pages.

Chicago: M. A. Donohue & Co. 208pp plus 6pp of ads for additional titles Decorative cover Spine is faded, lettering worn off Previous owner's stamp inside front cover, name and address on front facing page . Hardcover. Near Very Good/No Jacket.

New York: A. L. Burt Hardcover without dust jacket, undated (c1925-1930s), vii + 436 pages, plus black-and-white illustrations from the 1925 photoplay edition; green cloth covers with bright and clear gilt lettering to front cover, spine sun faded to a shade of brown with gilt lettering barely legible, very gently used, only tiny traces of shelf wear to cover corners and spine ends, tight in binding, signed in pencil "Evelyn Frost" on free front endpaper, otherwise very clean and unmarked throughout (no foxing). See also our listings for Mrs. Oliphant's Squire Arden, and for Mrs. Riddell's City and Suburb, and for Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth's Self-Raised; Or, From the Depths (also owned by this same Evelyn, and we know she took great care of her books!), and for Holmes' own Marian Grey, or, the Heiress of Redstone Hall.. Hard Cover. Very Good +.

New York: A. L. Burt. G: in Good condition without dust jacket. Pages browned. Ink inscription on fep. [1901]. Reprint. Green hardback cloth cover. 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). 436pp + ads. .

A. L. Burt, 1901-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Undated reprint. DJ shows some edge wear, tears--in mylar wrap. Clean, tight copy.

Colour frontis., 32pp adverts at end; viiii+384pp. 8vo orig. embossed maroon cloth spine gilt, slight wear on extremities, Edition of this American civil war novel printed by these Halifax printers.

Grosset and Dunlap , New York NY, 1895+, Hardcover, . very Good Novel 1895 Western NY, fading spine

Paperback / softback. New.