Little Journeys to the Homes of Famous Women
by Elbert Hubbard
- Used
- very good
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1902. Very Good. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1902. Octavo; 429 pp, followed by four pages of advertisements. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 12 plates, all with tissue guards. One fold-out facsimile letter by Mary Lamb.
Three-quarter suede binding with marbled paper. Lettering stamped in gold on spine labels. Silk ribbon bookmark. Deckled edges. Bookplate on front pastedown endpaper for William W. Causey, a Baltimore native born in 1878 who worked in the stock exchange before practicing law. [Fooks Family by Herbert C. Fooks 256] William W. Causey's name is written in ink on the front flyleaf and a note is written at the bottom in pencil: "A gift from Mr(?) T. G. Hance." Rear hinge cracked after the final page of advertisements and before the flyleaf and endpapers, otherwise binding is sound. Edges rubbed through to boards and corners are bumped. Spine edges chipped. Suede leaves brown residue when brushed against. Offsetting on p. 240 from laid in newspaper clipping, else pages appear clean and unmarked.
A number of interesting ephemera can be found tucked inside the book including: a four-leaf clover on p. 9, a ticket for the Jersey City Ferry on p. 165, a newspaper clipping from The Baltimore Sun on p. 240 in which the pastor of Mount Vernon Place Methodist Church, Harold Bosley, advocates against U.S. involvement in WWII, and, finally, a Christmas Card at the end of the book which appears to be printed and then hand-painted with decoration. This copy from the personal library of columnist and language expert William Safire, but without his own bookplate or ownership marks.
Three-quarter suede binding with marbled paper. Lettering stamped in gold on spine labels. Silk ribbon bookmark. Deckled edges. Bookplate on front pastedown endpaper for William W. Causey, a Baltimore native born in 1878 who worked in the stock exchange before practicing law. [Fooks Family by Herbert C. Fooks 256] William W. Causey's name is written in ink on the front flyleaf and a note is written at the bottom in pencil: "A gift from Mr(?) T. G. Hance." Rear hinge cracked after the final page of advertisements and before the flyleaf and endpapers, otherwise binding is sound. Edges rubbed through to boards and corners are bumped. Spine edges chipped. Suede leaves brown residue when brushed against. Offsetting on p. 240 from laid in newspaper clipping, else pages appear clean and unmarked.
A number of interesting ephemera can be found tucked inside the book including: a four-leaf clover on p. 9, a ticket for the Jersey City Ferry on p. 165, a newspaper clipping from The Baltimore Sun on p. 240 in which the pastor of Mount Vernon Place Methodist Church, Harold Bosley, advocates against U.S. involvement in WWII, and, finally, a Christmas Card at the end of the book which appears to be printed and then hand-painted with decoration. This copy from the personal library of columnist and language expert William Safire, but without his own bookplate or ownership marks.
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- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5875
- Title
- Little Journeys to the Homes of Famous Women
- Author
- Elbert Hubbard
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1902
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