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The Unseen Friend
by LARCOM, Lucy
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1892. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. 12mo. Publisher's white cloth decorated and titled in gilt. The white boards a trifle soiled, still easily near fine. A collection of essays on friendship and God. Inscribed by the author to Mary V. Claflin: "Mrs. Claflin, with the love of Her friend, Lucy Larcom. Beverly. June 17, 1892." As a girl Larcom worked in the Lowell textile mills where she also contributed to the *Lowell Offering* where her poems attracted the attention of John Greenleaf Whittier. She taught at the Wheaton Female Seminary and later edited several magazines for children and adolescents, including *Our Young Folks*. Her ascension from mill girl to author and editor served as a model for American women and girls of the lower classes in the mid-19th Century. Mary Claflin was the wife of the abolitionist and progressive Governor of Massachusetts, William Claflin, who according to his biography at the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center, which holds the William and Mary Claflin Papers: "While governor, Claflin promoted women's suffrage and extended to women greater rights under the law." A very nice association.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 398405
- Title
- The Unseen Friend
- Author
- LARCOM, Lucy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Houghton, Mifflin and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1892
- Keywords
- Women, AssociationCopy, AmerLit19thCent, Religion
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About the Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Gloucester City, New Jersey
About Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., founded in 1985, specializes in first editions of 20th Century American and English fiction. Our inventory of over 75,000 first editions includes: African-American literature & history, Mysteries, Detective Fiction, Drama, Books into Film and Sports books. We routinely issue extensively illustrated color catalogs, available by subscription. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA)and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB). Tom Congalton, founder of Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., actively promotes the ethics and standards of these professional organizations and served as President of the ABAA from 2000 to 2002.
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- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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