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Reminiscences of Thought and Feeling. By the author of Visiting My Relations.
by Kelty, Mary Ann
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- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
London: William Pickering, 1852 First edition. Full tan smooth calf, gilt double-ruled covers, gilt-decorated spine with black morocco label, marbled edges. . Small octavo. Spine a bit rubbed, a few light spots on front cover. A very good copy. Mary Kelty (1789-1873) was the daughter of an Irish surgeon. Influenced by the novels of Jane Austen, she published her novel The Favourite of Nature (1821) anonymously, dedicating it to Joanna Baillie. It was favorably received by Harriet Martineau. She followed it with several other novels, but then, after the sudden deaths of her parents, turned to religious pursuits, trying out several sects and going to faith healers. She wrote on Quaker themes in Early Days in the Society of Friends (1840) and Memoirs of the Lives and Persecutions of the Primitive Quakers (1844), and explored the workings of religion in individual lives in Facts and Feelings (1841). The present work, her autobiography, was highly regarded.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15853
- Title
- Reminiscences of Thought and Feeling. By the author of Visiting My Relations.
- Author
- Kelty, Mary Ann
- Format/Binding
- Full tan smooth calf, gilt double-ruled covers, gilt-decorated spine with black morocco label, marbled edges.
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- William Pickering,
- Place of Publication
- London:
- Date Published
- 1852
- Pages
- iv, 290 pp
- Size
- Small octavo
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Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Los Angeles, California
About Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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