Wedding Bells Out of Tune and the Devil's Wife (An Allegory)
by Drake, Janet
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Houlton, Maine, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Republic Press, 1898 In Very Good Condition. SCARCE. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. LIMITED - 150 COPIES PRIVATELY PRINTED OF WHICH THIS IS NO. 3. Dedicated to "My darling boy Ted with the undying love of his fond Mother (Janet Drake). May 7th, 1898". ALSO - on a blank page prior to the Allegory, is the following hand written note - "The subject if this Allegory was suggested by the wonderful advancement of women in the past few years - their severed chains of bondage placing them on a mental footing with men. These tremendous strides have been attained only by the Herculean efforts of women themselves - inspired by the Divine Hand - and immense possibilities whoes realities they have succeeded so marvelously in mastering. They have found "the light" - and may its radiance be the incentive got still greater and another achievement in the future for them - Janet Drake - May 24th 1924". Covers show light corner wear, light wear to top/heel of backstrip, hinges cracked. Binding tight. 8 leaves, 90pp, on laid paper, bound in blue cloth with gilt borders, top edges gilt.
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- Bookseller
- Monroe Bridge Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002360
- Title
- Wedding Bells Out of Tune and the Devil's Wife (An Allegory)
- Author
- Drake, Janet
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Republic Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1898
- Keywords
- Fiction Limited Signed Scarce
- Bookseller catalogs
- RARE AND SCARCE;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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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...
- Tight
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- Inscribed
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- Leaves
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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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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