Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1911. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Octavo. (8) 259 (3) pp, tissue-protected frontis. First Edition, October 1911 [BAL 10922]. Ink Markings margin page 15. Ink inscription on ffep. Light external wear. Lightly foxed top and fore- text block, else, . 5.75" x 8.5". Green cloth with gilt-embossed geometric pattern on front board, and completely faded-rubbed gilt lettering to spine. In glassine wrapper. "Theodora Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909) was an American novelist, short story writer and poet, best known for her local color works set along or near the southern coast of Maine. Jewett is recognized as an important practitioner of American literary regionalism.".

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Bookseller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 8157
Title: Letters of Sarah Orne Jewett
Author: Jewett, Sarah Orne / Fields, Annie - editor
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Place of Publication: Boston and New York
Date Published: 1911
Size: Octavo
Keywords: LITERARY CRITICISM AMERICAN WOMEN WRITERS FICTION AND POETRY CORRESPONDENCE LETTERS Theodora Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909) BAL 10922
Bookseller catalogs: LITERARY CRITICISM;

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