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Light in Darkness: Autobiography of Mary A. Niemeyer
by Niemeyer, Mary A. Revised by Sara S. Rice
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Summerville, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Baltimore, MD: James Young. Very Good. 1873. First Edition. Original cloth. A smart first edition in Very Good condition with cocked spine, soiled boards, sunned spine, light scattered foxing, cracked spine. Illustrated. Frontis. Portraits of Niemeyer. Original decorative brown cloth; Niemeyer immigrated from Germany to the United States, eventually settling in Baltimore. She lost her sight at a young age. Contains some material on the Civil War in Maryland, some poetry, her time in an institution for the blind, etc ; 16mo; [1-9] 10-223 [224] pages; GinsID1404; LIGHT IN DARKNESS: AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MARY A. NIEMEYER... REVISED BY SARA S. RICE. Baltimore, Young, 1873. 223pp. Illus., frontis. port. of Niemeyer. Original 16 mo cloth. First edition. She emigrated from Germany to Baltimore Md., She lost her sight at a young age. Some material on the Civil War in Maryland, some poetry, her time in an institution for the blind, etc.; OP:150 .
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- Bookseller
- Books Tell You Why, Inc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50081
- Title
- Light in Darkness: Autobiography of Mary A. Niemeyer
- Author
- Niemeyer, Mary A. Revised by Sara S. Rice
- Format/Binding
- Original cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- James Young
- Place of Publication
- Baltimore, MD
- Date Published
- 1873
- Keywords
- US History 19th Century, Civil War 1861-1865, Blind*, Poetry Poems, Maryland History 19th Century Marylandiana, Biography Autobiography Memoir, Collectible OP Rare, Ginsb CSM
- Bookseller catalogs
- By Year Of Issue / 1870s;
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