Lady of the Silver Skates The Life and Correspondence of Mary Mapes Dodge, 1830-1905 by Wright, Catherine Morris - 1979

Jamestown, R.I.: Clingstone Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket rubbed.. 1979. Hardcover. 0960245413 . A well-written and interesting biography of the author of Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates and editor of St. Nicholas Magazine. Preface by Sydney L. Wright. Index, bibliography, photos. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 251 pages .

Clingstone Press, 1979. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket in good condition. SIGNED and inscribed by the author. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Hardcover edition. The author’s inscription is found on the front free endpage. The dust jacket is housed in protective mylar for preservation. The binding suffers moderate loosening due to age and wear, but remains secure and in-tact; the pages are clean and unmarked. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Jamestown, RI: Clingstone Press, 1979. Hardcover. Good/Good. 9x6x1. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. ex-library with usual markings; light edge wear to jacket and boards; A biography of Mary Mapes Dodge, an influential 19th-century American children's author, best known for her Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates.

Clingstone Press, 1979-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. Clingstone Press; Jamestown, 1979. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed by author directly on front free endpaper. Very Good, red cloth binding, some shelf wear to board corners/spine edges, bumped bottom corner of front board, some foxing to text block edges, binding sturdy, some discoloration to front pastedown/front free endpaper, in a Good to Very Good, some foxing to front panel, moderate wear/scuff marks to panels and spine, some rubbing along edges/spine/wraps, moderate wear with small tears to edges/corners, Dust wrapper. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches], 251pp., indexed, b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. Please Note: Depending on site, actual book for sale may differ physically from picture listed. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.

Jamestown:: Clingstone Press,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1979. Hardcover. 0960245413 . First edition. Upper corners bumped, else very good in a very good (minor edge wear) dust jacket. .

Jamestown RI Clingstone Press, 1979, hardcover. SIGNED by author Morris. Illustrated with historical photographs. Includes bibliography. -- Hardcover. Condition: very good, with very good dust jacket (rubbed along spine edges). ISBN 0960245413

Clingstone Press:, 1979. 251 pages, illustrated in b&w. "Mary was born Mary Elizabeth Mapes to Prof. James Jay Mapes and Sophia Furman in New York City. She acquired a good education under private tutors. In 1851 she married the lawyer William Dodge. Within the next four years she gave birth to two sons, James and Harrington. In 1857, William faced serious financial difficulties and left his family in 1858. A month after his disappearance his body was found dead from an apparent drowning, and Mary Mapes Dodge became a widow. In 1859 she began writing and editing, working with her father to publish two magazines, the Working Farmer and the United States Journal. Within a few years she had great success with a collection of short stories, The Irvington Stories (1864), and a novel was solicited. Dodge then wrote Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates, which became an instant bestseller and was awarded a prize of fifteen hundred francs by the French Academy. Later in life Mary was an associate editor… Read More