Search Results: my wife and i or harry by harriet beecher stowe

New York: J. B. Ford & Company A early reprint of this 1871 book, containing what appear to be the original illustrations. Very good- condition (edgeworn covers at top and bottom of spine, bumped corners; interior clean). 474 pages plus advertisements for other books published by J. B. Ford, including an ad for the sequel to My Wife and I. . Hard Cover. Illus. by Prints.

J.R. Ford, 1872. Book. Good+. Hardcover. No date on title page. In brown cloth decorated in black and gilt. Wear to cloth at spine ends and corners. .

J. B. Ford , 1872. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. good solid book decorated front board

New York: J. B. Ford, 1872. First Edition. Later reprint. Good copy. No jacket. In purple cloth covers with black embossed design on front cover and black design and gilt (bright) lettering on spine. Brown endpapers. Frontispiece of "The Match Game" not "My Child Wife" as in first printing. No writing anywhere. Square copy. Intact binding. Missing front free endpaper. Bumping and rubbing of ends of spine. Moderate shelf rubbing to covers. Fading of color on spine. Small black spot on lower spine. Pictures upon request. Thank you for your patronage.. Hard Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

J. B. Ford and Company. game. Good. 0x0x0. New York, 1871. Brown cloth covered boards; heavy wear at spine edges; spine edges frayed; corners bumped and rubbed with board exposed; 12mo - over 6 3/4" to 7 3/4" tall; front hinge slightly split with webbing exposed; interior clean and unmarked; previous owner's name on front paste-down; 474 pages.

Cambridge, MA: Printed at the Riverside Press, 1896. Hardcover. Very Good. No. 138 of 250 copies of the Large Paper edition, tall 8vo, gray cloth with printed spine label, very good plus, pages largely unopened, some offsetting to endpapers, light soil and loss to spine label.

New York: J. B. Ford and Company, 1873. Hardcover. Good. Later printing. Good with a cracked front hinge, wear at the spine ends and corners, light soiling to the boards.

Boston, MA: Houghton, Mifflin and Company. Very Good-. 1899. Early Reprint. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This is an early trade (reprint) edition. This book is in Very Good- condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping, rubbing and a couple of smal nicks and beginning tears to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are generally clean but with tidemarking to the top half of nearly all the pages. There is a previous owner's inked gift notation on the front endpaper. "In a twist, Stowe places a man's quest for a wife at the center of her novel, emphasizing the importance of the decision for men as well as women. The main character is Harry Henderson, the youngest son of a New England minister, who recounts his experiences through childhood, college, and his early career as a journalist. His wise Uncle Jacob, the village doctor, advises that "marriage is the… Read More

New York: J. B. Ford, 1871. Lacking front flyleaf.. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good.

NY 1872 (1871) J. B. Ford. sSm.8vo., 474pp., frontis, ads, original purple cloth with black and gilt lettering and design. Good, just a few spots in text, cover faded, discolored and worn, especially on spine ends.

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1871. Hardcover. Very Good. Reprint. Owner name else very good.

New York: J. B. Ford and Company, 1871. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Gilt lettering & black decoration on red covers in hand-made brown paper wrappers - which had kept this volume in very good condition! 12mo,474 pages plus ads. Ex- library copy - This is Volume No.65 of the West Bath (Maine) Library Association, with their label on the inside of the back cover. The unusual library label says: "N. B. This book must not be lent out of the subscribers family, and if injured, all damage must be paid to the librarian. No volume can be kept over four weeks ; two weeks additional time will be allowed by having it renewed. A fine of two cents per day will be charged for a book kept over this time. A violation of these rules will result in a loss of membership.". Other than the brown paper wrapper pasted on the inside of the covers, first free end paper torn, and the library bookplate, this is a very good copy.

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J. B. Ford. Very Good+. 1871. First Edition :. Hardcover. 12mo hardcover, tight binding, clean unfoxed pages, wear to tips of spine, spot on lower edge of front cover, on back, else VG or better, now enclosed in clear mylar DJ for protection. Illustrated and it has 53 chapters. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

New York, New York: J. B. Ford and Company, 1871. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book by the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, in good condition. There is a bookplate on the front and rear paste down and ffe has a repaired 1" tear at lower left bottom. Spine ends are frayed, but maroon and black binding is in fairly good condition. Book is quite tight but a bit cocked. Tips on corners are very slightly bumped. All in all a nice collectible and in quite good shape for a book nearly 145 years old.474 pages + 8 pages of advertisements.

New York:: J. B. Ford and Company,, 1873.. Hardcover -. Good overall in decorated dark green cloth lettered in gilt on the spine, and in black on the front cover, dark brown endpapers. (previous owners' name, some fraying to the ends of the spine and the corners of the boards. usual toning to the pages). Early printing. The story of Harry Henderson, the narrator, who comes to New York to work in publishing, and Eva Van Arsdale, the daughter of a wealthy Wall Street financier. In addition to the love story - and commentary on life in New York city after the Civil War - this is an expression of nostalgia for the loss of family centered rural communities as Stowe had known in New England. Despite the fact that the preface claims that the characters in this novel do not represent any real person. this contains a thinly veiled attack and mockery of suffragist and free love advocate Victoria Woodhull in the character of Audacia Dangereyes. Illustrated with a frontispiece with a tissue guard and… Read More

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Company, 1871 Lovely, very well cared for antique book; clean, good binding, some chipping at the top of the green cover-spine.

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