Queechy
by Elizabeth Wetherell (Susan Bogert Warner)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Only
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: James Nisbet & Co; Hamilton Adams & Co, 1852. First edition. Cloth. Good Only. 8" by 5". None. First English edition of Queechy widely admired for its depiction of rural American life. Complete in two volumes. Elizabeth Wetherell was the pseudonym of the writer, Susan Bogert Warner. Susan Bogert Warner (July 11, 1819 March 17, 1885), was an American evangelical writer of religious fiction, children's fiction, and theological works. Born in New York City, she wrote, under the name of "Elizabeth Wetherell," thirty novels, many of which went into multiple editions. However, her first novel, The Wide, Wide World (1850), was the most popular. It was translated into several other languages, including French, German, and Dutch. Other than Uncle Tom's Cabin, it was perhaps the most widely circulated story of American authorship. Other works include Queechy (1852), The Law and the Testimony, (1853), The Hills of the Shatemuc, (1856), The Old Helmet (1863), and Melbourne House (1864). In the nineteenth-century, critics admired the depictions of rural American life in her early novels. American reviewers also praised Warner's Christian and moral teachings, while London reviewers tended not to favour her didacticism. Early twentieth-century critics classified Warner's work as "sentimental" and thus lacking in literary value. In the later twentieth century, feminist critics rediscovered The Wide, Wide World, discussing it as a quintessential domestic novel and focusing on analysing its portrayal of gender dynamics. In a uniform cloth binding. Externally, sound. Bumping to the head and tail of the spine, and also to the extremities. Patches of rubbing to the spine, joints, boards and extremities. Both the front and rear hinges are strained but firm. Ink inscription to the front endpaper of each volume. Internally, generally firmly bound, but strained in places with cords showing. Pages are generally clean with with the occasional handling marks and the odd spot. The title page of the second volume is detached but present. Good Only
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- GEN2-D-5
- Title
- Queechy
- Author
- Elizabeth Wetherell (Susan Bogert Warner)
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Only
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- James Nisbet & Co; Hamilton Adams & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1852
- Size
- 8" by 5"
- Keywords
- Susan Bogert Warner Elizabeth Wetherell First edition Elizabeth Wetherell
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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