Original Ladies Day - Book of Poems Clipped from Newspapers
by Johnson, Betsy ?
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket, As Issued
- Seller
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
Item Price
A$918.66A$734.93
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About This Item
Newburyport, MA: No Publisher, 1819. Original hand-made book, front cover reads "Day-Book B" in contemporary embossed calf, 13" x 8 1/2", containing 32 pp. with both sides covered with pasted-in poems clipped from newspapers of the time, approx. 6-8 per page. Most are likely from the Newburyport Daily Herald, as there is a partial page from that newspaper laid in. The final page verso with a long poem handwritten titled "The Birds of Passage" by Mrs Hemans ( Felicia Dorothea Hemans). The names Betsy and Johnson handwritten but separated on rear paste down. Good, calf chipped bottom 2" of spine, pages brittle with edge chips and tears, two pages with top right corner poems torn out, soiling and staining, the bookplate of noted Celtic and folklore scholar Edgar M. Slotkin front paste down. A unique piece of Americana. . Calf. Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Dale Steffey Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007976
- Title
- Original Ladies Day - Book of Poems Clipped from Newspapers
- Author
- Johnson, Betsy ?
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket, As Issued
- Publisher
- No Publisher
- Place of Publication
- Newburyport, MA
- Date Published
- 1819
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry; Americana;
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Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Bloomington, Indiana
About Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
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