Search Results: reveries of a bachelor or a by i k marvel

Donohue, Henneberry & Co, 1899-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Original blue silk covers with gilt boarders on cover and gilt lettering along spine; edges smooth. Binding and hinges tight and square. Contents clean and unmarked. Three gilt edges. Illustrated endpapers. 264pp. Slight separation of silk cover long spine; else fine. Rare. All items carefully packed to avoid damage from moisture and rough handling.

New York: Charles Scribner & Company, 1871. Hardcover. Good. Later. Good, corners and spine are bumped, lightly frayed, large area darkened on back, text edges smudged, front hinge starting to crack. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

New York: Scribners. 1851. Ninth Edition. VG+, lt fox, sp sunned and light wear to sp ends; hardback .

A. L. Burt, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 337 pages. Half bound orange leather with marbled paper covered boards. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, rear free endpaper detached but still present. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Small tears to some page edges, text remains unaffected. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light sunning to spine and edges.

Charles Scribner, New York, ., 1861 pp. [xi], 298. 12mo. 19cm. Handsome half leather over marbled boards. Marbled edges. Very good. Donald Grant Mitchell (1822-1908) was an American essayist and novelist who usually wrote under the pen name I.K. Marvel. Throughout his life he showed an interest in agriculture and landscape gardening, which he followed at first in pursuit of health. He served as U.S. consul at Venice, Italy, from 1853-1854, and in 1855 he settled at his estate, called Edgewood, near New Haven, CT. Reveries of a Bachelor examines the dream-like lives Americans were living at the time. It was one of the top best sellers of its era but has received little attention from literary critics. In this text he theorizes on boyhood, country life style, marriage, travel , and dreams Reveries of a Bachelor was one of poet Emily Dickinson's favorite books. Sets SW3 Rt. Hardcover. Very Good.