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Mary Livermore's own description of her life as a "Teacher, Author, Wife, Mother, Army Nurse, Soldier's Friend, Lecturer, and Reformer," including her experiences as a nurse in the American Civil War. Illustrated with portraits and 120 engravings. i-xxxiv; 35-730 pp. plus 2 advertisements for other publications from A.D. Worthington & Co. Publishers. One of the blank end pages is missing in front, and there is a niche taken out of the blank end pages in back. Otherwise this book is in quite good condition.
The Story of My Life by Mary A. Livermore - 1897: , or The Sunshine and Shadow of Seventy Years
by Mary A. Livermore
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The Story of My Life: , or The Sunshine and Shadow of Seventy Years
by Mary A. Livermore
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HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE-STAR SELLER, presents a DOUBLY-SIGNED, FIRST PRINTING of THE STORY OF MY LIFE, or THE SUNSHINE AND SHADOW OF SEVENTY YEARS, by MARY A. LIVERMORE. Hartford, CT: A. D. Worthington & Co., Publishers, 1897. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING via matching dates. Signed "Yrs. Truly, ...[signature]" underneath author portrait on 2nd fep. Signed by author second time following preface. 730 pages, 6" x 9." No Jacket. Pages = Very Good: Gold gilt to top edges, splotching from a liquid to all edges, very light yellowing, else sharp, tight and clear with no marks. Cover (red cloth boards with debossed title in red on gold frame front, embossed gold gilt designs and remaining particulars both front and spine) = Good: Tight and square, with little rubbing to corners, much outside spotting from a liquid. Overall book = Good Plus. "Superbly Illustrated with Portraits and One Hundred and Twenty Engravings from Designs by Eminent Artists, Made Expressly for this Work." Illustrators include Edmund H. Garrett, William L. Sheppard, Howard Helmick, and Charles Copeland.
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- Illustrator Edmund H. Garrett, William L. Sheppard, Howard Helmick, Charles Copeland et. al.
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- Edition First Edition, First Printing via matching dates
- Publisher A. D. Worthington & Co.
- Place of Publication Hartford, CT
- Date Published 1897
- Pages 730
- Size 6" x 9"
- Size 6" x 9"
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The Story of My Life: or, the Sunshine and Shadow of Seventy Years
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