Search Results: haunted hearts by cummins maria s

Boston: J. E. Tilton, 1864. Hardcover. Acceptable. Boards dented/rounded at corners/spine ends. Soiling to spine; title remains discernible. Front/rear hinges split, resulting in partial detachment of title page. Some damp staining to page edges. Penciled owner info on FFEP, otherwise unmarked.

Boston: J. E. Tilton and Company, 1864. Embossed Cloth. Very Good binding. Octavo. First edition. Publisher's embossed cloth with title in gold on the spine; spine is sunned; light wear to the extremities including some notable fraying at the top corner of the back board; small closed tears at the spine ends; binding has a backwards lean; contemporary owner name on the front free endpaper else a clean copy with only light and very occasional foxing. Cummins's first novel, Lamplighter enjoyed commercial success as well as Nathanial Hawthorne's derision. Haunted Hearts was Cummins's fourth and final novel before her untimely death in 1866. "A new edition in 1988 of The Lamplighter demonstrates this novel's durability. Even though the other three texts failed to match the commercial impact of her debut, Maria Cummins's importance as the author of an archetypal American romance remains secure" American National Biography. BAL 4255.

Boston: J.E. Tilton and Company, 1864. Very Good-. Boston: J.E. Tilton and Company, 1864. First Edition. Octavo (20cm.); publisher's plum blind-ruled "TZ" cloth, gilt-lettered spine; 554pp. Cloth extremities a bit rubbed, especially at spine foot with tiny loss, spine rather sunned, front hinge cracked, contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper, else About Very Good, textblock clean and near fine but for a few small spots of foxing. Historical novel of murder and suicide set in New Jersey during the War of 1812. [BAL 4255; WRIGHT II 671.].

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Boston, MA: J. E. Tilton and Company. Fair/NO DUSTJACKET. 1864. First Edition. 1/2 leather/boards. Reference: BAL 4255 . 12mo., 554 pp., leather very rubbed and frayed, joint and hinge broken and seperating .