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Indianapolis and New York: Bobbs-Merrill Co., [1942]. 292 pages. Original maroon cloth stamped in black and gold on the spine. [21 cm.] Near very good, lacking the dust jacket. Spine slightly faded and with faint vertical crease, minor wear at ends, and gilt decorations partially flaked. Volume is also bit cocked and shows some rather faint spotting to covers. Leaves just a trifle toned, but clean. FIRST EDITION, so stated. PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND WITH AN ORIGINAL DRAWING BY HER, on the front free endpaper. The inscription reads: "Affectionate greetings to Marion Mason, one of my best friends and severest critics. Isabella Holt Finnie, March 2, 1942." The drawing depicts a person writing at a desk with a vase of flowers. Isabella Holt Finnie (1892-1962), a native of Chicago and later a resident of Detroit and Grosse Point, Michigan, wrote a number of novels concerned with domestic life in the upper Midwest.

Cincinnati: Moore, Wilstach, Keys & Co.; New York: Newman & Ivison, 1860. 12mo. [6] and [13]-286 pages, plus [4] pages preliminary ads dated 1859 and [1] page review of this book placed before the title. Original quarter black leather over black cloth with gilt rules and lettering on spine. [19.5 cm.] Ex-library with tasteful bookplate on front pastedown, embossed stamp on a few leaves including title, and number stamp on verso of title and in margin of one other page. Else a good copy. Spine is worn with small loss at head; barely noticeable external tissue repair to front hinge; corners worn. Dampstain to lower margins at gutter throughout, not affecting text. Occasional light foxing; large area of foxing to pp. 142-143, in no way affecting legibility. Some early ownership marks in pencil on endpapers and a few brief marginal notes in pencil. FOURTH EDITION, being a reprint of the enlarged edition of 1853. The first edition was published in St. Louis in 1852 and reissued in… Read More