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WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE.

WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE.

WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE.
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WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE.

by RICHARDS, Laura E

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Boston: Dana Estes and Company, Publishers., [1893]. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original light brown cloth stamped in dark brown and gold. 210 pp. frontispiece with tissue guard, eleven additional full page plates inserted within the text. Ink inscription on front free endpaper "To Katherine from Ruth Teal Aug 1908", later name "Joanna Hagar" in pencil on the same leaf. Light rubbing to gilt lettering on spine panel; a very good, bright copy. Uncommon.

¶ Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (1850-1943), American writer, author of over 90 children's books. She was the daughter of Julia Ward Howe, abolitionist, social activist & suffragette, composer of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic". WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE is Laura's reminiscences of her childhood years with her family. This copy was previously owned by Joanna Hagar who, along with her husband Barney, ran Poor Richard's Bookshop in Victoria, BC for many years.

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Bookseller
Thompson Rare Books CA (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #
313199
Title
WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE.
Author
RICHARDS, Laura E
Book Condition
Used
Quantity Available
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Edition
First Edition (& 1st printing)
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Dana Estes and Company, Publishers.
Place of Publication
Boston
Date Published
[1893]
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First Edition
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Octavo
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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....
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...
Cloth
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Poor
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Rubbing
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