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Daniel Ricketson: Autobiographic and Miscellaneous
by Ricketson, Daniel (Edited by Anna & Walton Ricketson)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good+
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New Bedford, MA: E. Anthony & Sons, Inc., 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. Cloth in DJ; First Edition; 233pp; DJ slightly edgeworn & wrinkled with minor chipping to base of spine & protected by clear plastic sleeve, brown cloth boards square, clean & bright with gilt titling to spine, slight wear to spine ends & slight wrinkling to front board, top edge gilt, text unmarked, binding is sound, all illustrations & tissue guards present, VG/Good+ condition. Inscribed & Signed by Editor (author's daughter Anna) as "Cousin Anna, New Bedford, 1914" on FFEP. Scarce, antique autobiographical writings, journal & letters of American 19th century literary figure Daniel Ricketson (1813-1898), friend of Henry David Thoreau. He was known as a lawyer, philanthropist, poet, author, benefactor and abolitionist. Contains several mentions of Thoreau as well as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry Longfellow. Illustrated with photos.
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- Book Happy Booksellers
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018351
- Title
- Daniel Ricketson: Autobiographic and Miscellaneous
- Author
- Ricketson, Daniel (Edited by Anna & Walton Ricketson)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- E. Anthony & Sons, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New Bedford, MA
- Date Published
- 1910
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- biography autobiography literature history thoreau
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- Biography;
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