The Awakening of Helena Richie
by Deland, Margaret
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, ink stains on pp. 2-3, spine sunned.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Harper and Brothers. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, ink stains on pp. 2-3, spine . sunned.. 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth with blindstamped design of poppies and gilt-stamped titles on front boards. Color frontispiece and eight black and white plates by Walter Appleton Clark. A novel about Helena, who leaves a wretched life with her drunken husband (who killed their baby son) , to live with another man in another town. She ends up taking in a young boy, but when it is discovered that she is not married, the boy is taken away. The novel was the basis for the stage play and 1916 silent film starring Ethel Barrymore. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 357 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39119
- Title
- The Awakening of Helena Richie
- Author
- Deland, Margaret
- Illustrator
- Walter Appleton Clark
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, ink stains on pp. 2-3, spine sunned.
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper and Brothers
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1906
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- American Women Authors
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Books into Film;
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About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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