[Southern Interest; Reconstruction] Uncle Scipio, a Story of Uncertain Days in the South
by Walworth, Mrs. Jeannette H. (1837-1918)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dust Jacket
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About This Item
New York: R. F. Fenno & Company, 1896. First Edition, First Printing. Decorated Cloth Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket.
Original publisher's cloth, the bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. 7.75 inches tall; 310 pages with a frontispiece.
An uncommon novel to locate.
Ref: American Catalogue 195-1900 p524; Book New Vol 15 p289. 'A love story set in the picturesque Mississippi valley describing the conditions that prevailed immediately after the War of the Rebellion. Uncle Scipio is old negro slave.' Publishers Weekly
Background Information:
Jeannette H. Walworth was an American novelist and journalist. Born in Philadelphia, in 1837, she removed to Natchez, Mississippi, while a child, with her father, Charles Julius Hadermann, a German baron, who became the president of Jefferson College. On his death, the family removed to Louisiana. [wiki]
Original publisher's cloth, the bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. 7.75 inches tall; 310 pages with a frontispiece.
An uncommon novel to locate.
Ref: American Catalogue 195-1900 p524; Book New Vol 15 p289. 'A love story set in the picturesque Mississippi valley describing the conditions that prevailed immediately after the War of the Rebellion. Uncle Scipio is old negro slave.' Publishers Weekly
Background Information:
Jeannette H. Walworth was an American novelist and journalist. Born in Philadelphia, in 1837, she removed to Natchez, Mississippi, while a child, with her father, Charles Julius Hadermann, a German baron, who became the president of Jefferson College. On his death, the family removed to Louisiana. [wiki]
Details
- Bookseller
- Blind Horse Books [ABAA - FABA] (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17184
- Title
- [Southern Interest; Reconstruction] Uncle Scipio, a Story of Uncertain Days in the South
- Author
- Walworth, Mrs. Jeannette H. (1837-1918)
- Format/Binding
- Decorated Cloth Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- R. F. Fenno & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1896
- Keywords
- Americana; US Civil War
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