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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1888. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at 2nd front end page -"Madame Mary Edwards, with the affectionate regards of the authoress. Christmas 1888". Philadelphia essayist and feminist Agnes Repplier's (1855-1950) first book and first collection of essays; she later earned the nickname "our dean of essayists" from Edward Wagenknecht. Very Good, likely no jacket issued. Prior… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghtom Mifflin Company. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1888. 1st Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full gray linen, gilt lettering on spine, t.e.g. Agnes Repplier (1855-1950) was an American essayist. She was born in Philadelphia in 1855 and was educated at the Convent of the Sacred Heart, Eden Hall at… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1888. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition. c.1888. Hardcover. Cloth spine, paper spine label. 12mo. 224pp. Ex-Library with minor library markings - library bookplate with 'Withdrawn' stamp, call number in pencil on copyright page, stamp on rare pastedown. Very Good. Spine label rubbed / darkened, spine darkened, rubbing at spine-ends, mild darkening… Read more about this item

Book. Good. Binding see description. London, 1893. 224pp. + 15pp adverts. Cloth.*Contains a.o. a chapter: What Children Read (= pp. 64-94). 0.

Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1890. Hardcover. Good. Hardback. No dust jacket. Award presentation pastedown inside front cover along with 19th century Baltimore bookstore label (John Murphy & Co.). Moderate aging to exterior boards. One corner bumped.

Gay and Bird, 1893. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1893. 224 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Green and brown cloth with gilt lettering. Expected library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Rough cut pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, creased corners and foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear… Read more about this item

Boston MA: Houghton, Mifflin And Company. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. Corners worn. Spine ends compressed. Spine label worn. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

Houghton Mifflin. Red cloth boards with gold border on face and lettering on spine. Top outer page edges are gilded. Some fading down spine. Back inside hinge is cracked. Inside covers, end papers and free pages are full of pasted on interesting paper clippings and quotes on the joy of books and reading. Also several paper clippings included freely within… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company Book. Fair. Hardcover. 1893, later edition, 12mo, 224pp. Top edge gilt, extremities worn, moderate soiling, else Fair. A book of essays; the author's first book..

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Hardback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

New.

New.