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New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1904. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st edition, illustrated with portraits, pages clean, covering Social and Political Life in Washington and the South, 1853-66. Bound in light green cloth, oval portrait of Mrs. Clay on front cover, some staining on spine and back board, top outer page edges gilded. A good copy. Original owners signature in old pen on back of front cover.

New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1905. First Edition. Octavo, sea foam green cloth (hardcover), gilt letters and decoration to upper cover, uncut, tissue protected frontis., xxii, 386 pp. Very Good, with lightly rubbed edges. From Preface: The Memoirs of “Mrs. Clay, of Alabama,” by which title Mrs. Clement C. Clay, Jr. (now Mrs. Clay-Clopton), was known during the period comprised by 1850 - 87, begin in the middle of the second decade of the nineteenth century, the scenes being laid among the affluent plantations of North Carolina and Alabama, and, continuing through two brilliant administrations at the national capital, close, as she emerges from the distresses which overtook her and her husband after the never-to-be-forgotten tragedy that plunged a nation into mourning -- the death of Mr. Lincoln. In the researches made in order to obviate all possible inaccuracies in these memoirs (a precaution always necessary where one’s life has been long and experiences so varied), I have come… Read More

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New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1905. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. A Good copy in green cloth with the gold lettering and front cover decoration both bright. Large Gallatin TN 1905 owner's name inside the front cover. Early newspaper clippings about Virginia Clay-Clopton glued to the front endpaper. Sound binding, clean/unmarked within, with little cover wear. (Not ex-library.)

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The A Belle Of The Fifties; Memoirs Of Mrs. Clay Of Alabama, Covering Social And Political Life In Washington And The South, 1853-1866. Put Into Narrative Form By Ada Sterling.

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New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1905. Book. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. Second Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Presumed 2nd ptg.: labeled as published Sept. 1904 on c.p. with only that ptg. indicated, 1905 date on title pg. Teal gilt- and silver-stamped decorated cloth, deckled edges. Modestly rubbed corners and extremities, front hinge slightly starting. A few mild abrasions to cloth. Clean interior, a bit toned. Prelims a bit foxed. xxii,386 pp., illus..

New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, Inc, 1905. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Illustrated from contemporary portraits, frontispiece with tissue guard, xxii, 386pp., index, binding tight, nice copy, Full refund if not satisfied.

New York: Da Capo Press, 1969. hardcover. very good. Put into Narrative Form by Ada Sterling. Illus. 8vo, blue cloth. New York: Da Capo Press, (1969). Very good<br/><br/>

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NY: Doubleday, Page, 1904. 8vo, pp. 386. Illustrated. Front hinge little tender, some marking in text, o/w VG.

UsedVeryGood. 1969, A Da Capo Press Reprint Edition. Blue cloth w/ gilt lettering on cover/spine. Pages are remarkably clean and unmarked. Strong binding. Excellent condition!

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New York: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1904. First edition. 8vo. xxii, 386 pp. 24 portrait plates. Nevins II, p. 185: "Descriptive largely of wartime life in Richmond and Macon, with good accounts of shortages and substitutes." Not in Nicholson. Inscription on front endpaper, else very good. Original silver and gilt-stamped decorated green cloth (rubbed), top edge gilt. (10053).

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Paperback / softback. New.

New York: Doubleday Page. 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+, some wear to cloth extremities, bookplate; Rear pocket residue. .

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

Paperback / softback. New.