THE PASSING OF MOTHER'S PORTRAIT

ROSWELL FIELD

Editore: WILLIAM S. LORD, EVANSTON, IL, 1901

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63 PAGES. THE WRITER WAS EUGENE FIELD'S BROTHER. ONE QUARTER RED CLOTH SPINE WITH GRAY PAPER COVERED BOARDS. RED STAMPED TITLE ON THE FRONT COVER. MILD SHELF WEAR OF THE CORNERS. PRINTED BY R. R. DONNELLY AND SONS LAKESIDE PRESS. THIS IS A TALE ABOUT THE IMAGINARY LIFE OF A MOTHER'S PORTRAIT. OVER THE YEARS, THE PORTRAIT IS RELEGATED TO LESSER PROMINANT PLACES IN THE HOME AS THE FAMILY AND DESCENDENTS MOVE THEIR RESIDENCE AND THE PORTRAIT OCCUPYS A LESSER MEANING AND SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE FAMILY. DURING THE PASSING YEARS, THE MOTHER'S PORTRAITEVENTUALLY BECOMES A GRANDMOTHER'S PORTRAIT. DURING THE TRANSITION OF TIME, THE MOTHER'S PORTRAIT ENCOUNTERS ANOTHER PORTRAIT OF A DISLIKED COUSIN NAMED "BEN" AND A FAMILY FEUD ARISES BETWEEN THE PORTRAITS. BOTH OF THE PORTRAITS EVENTUALLY WIND UP IGNORED AND UNHAPPY IN A DARKENED STORAGE ROOM. A CHARMING STORY OF THE PASSAGE OF TIME IN A FAMILY AND THE ROLE OF FAMILY PORTRAITS. Size: 5 1/4" x 7 7/8". Codice articolo 000539

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Titolo: THE PASSING OF MOTHER'S PORTRAIT

Casa editrice: WILLIAM S. LORD, EVANSTON, IL

Data di pubblicazione: 1901

Legatura: Hardcover

Condizione: VERY GOOD CONDITION

Condizione sovraccoperta: NO DUST JACKET

Edizione: First Edition.