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A beautiful volume combining original artwork and poems bu the artist-author. Her art is inspired by Japanese calligraphy, and her poems are evocative and deceptively simple. This book won a booksellers'award for its design.
This copy inscribed by the author. Free shipping within US

A Congregational clergyman, Munger was an influential writer, as indicated by this book's inclusion in the Cambridge Classics series. Considered liberal in his time (he was interested in evolution and animal rights), he also was a man of his century, as this book full of wholesome advice to young men illustrates. The book was first published in 1880; this "revised and enlarged" edition, copyright 1890-1891 contains an added chapter, entitled "Purity." Enough said. Free postage within US

The Oregon Trail was a highly important work of its day (the 1840s), describing some months in the author's life including time spent among Sioux Indians (and a buffalo hunt!).
It's a book of its time, and even in its time was criticized for its attitudes to the indigenous tribes, whose existing contacts with whites had stressed their societies immensely.
This edition, coming a century after the first publication, features colorful and humane illustrations by Thomas Hart Benton, an American Regionalist of the 20th Century.
No markings. Cover is a bit scuffed (see pic). Pages somewhat faded but undamaged. Spine sturdy