m a dewolfe howe introduction (8 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. "Prue and I" by George William Curtis, is a series of light-hearted sketches of everyday life in mid-nineteenth century America. Originally published in 1856, "Prue and I" was much admired and read by the reading public, and went through many editions. The edition offered here was copyrighted in 1899, and this particular copy was likely issued around 1900 - 1905. It has a lovely frontispiece portrait of Curtis and a few black-and-white plate illustrations through the text. Curtis was one of the most highly esteemed orators of his day. He was an active abolitionist and gave speeches in support of President Lincoln's "Emancipation Proclamation" (Curtis had been one of the founders of the new Republican party) He was also editor of both "Putnam's Magazine" and "Harper's Magazine". A tireless champion of reform, appointed by President Grant to chair the commission on the reform of the Civil Service. he was President of the National Civil Reform League.Curtis was also one of the original members of the Board of Education for New York City and actively supported educational reforms. What an active life for public service! In between it all he found time to pen a few good books. An interesting side-note. Curtis married Anna Shaw, daughter of abolitionist Robert Shaw. she was the sister of Robert Gould Shaw, who was the gallant Union Army Colonel who commanded the famous all-black 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. Shaw was killed in the Second Battle of Fort Wagner. The movie "Glory" is based on Shaw's life. "PRUE AND I" CHAPTERS - Introduction - To the Reader - Dinner-Time - My Chateaux - Sea from Shore - Titbottom's Spectacles - A Cruise in the Flying Dutchman - Family Portraits - Our Cousin the Curate TITLE : Prue and I Author : George William Curtis (1824 - 1892) INTRODUCTION : M. A. DeWolfe Howe IMPRINT : T. Y. Crowell & Company PLACE : New York DATE : (©1899) This copy likely issued circa 1900 - 1905 PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION : Trade hardcover; contains a frontispiece portrait of the author and 4 plate illustrations in black-and-white; has an Introduction; [xxii] + 234 pages; 4 3/4" x 7 1/4" (12mo); decorated green cloth, with title and decorative embellishment in gold on spine and decorative embellishment in gold placed at center on front board (both embellishments of a floral nature). CONDITION -- VERY GOOD -- This is a previously owned book that remains clean and presentable, with the following particulars noted: EXTERIOR : Compression and modest abrasion to spine extremities - fraying just starting - color is faded and gilt is dulled - still displays cleanly; boards display mild wear, including light surface rub and a few scattered small spots - rear board has some transparent "splash" staining and a bit of staining from "ink?" - this is not egregious (see picture); edge wear is moderate and includes modest shelf rub to bottom, softly bumped corner tips and one small ding to rear board's fore-edge which has caused a small break to cloth surface - gilt embellishment displays brightly; text-block edges are clean. BINDING - Sound - the book has obviously been read, and the leaves open readily, but no leaves are detached or loose. INTERIOR - Clean and presentable with but modest signs of use.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Minor wear along the edges, tips and spine. Slight rubbing wear to covers.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition.

Hardcover. Condizione: Used - Good. Boston Atheneum, 1910. 344 pages. 11 plates: facsimile of titlepage, portraits: John Gardiner, William Tudor, Jr, James Savage, William Shaw, William Emerson, John Kirkland, Samuel Thacher, drawings by Lawrence Park of Boston. 9 x 6.5", cloth, gold title & top edge, no dj. Constitution, Meeting Minutes, Lists of Books Mentioned in Journal, Officers & Members, Contributors, Collation by Albert Matthews. Inner hinges cracked, G/none.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. 1st Edition. Original publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt lettering on front cover and spine and gilt decoration on front cover. Top edge gilt. 6 1/2" x 9." 344 pages, complete. Eleven black and white plates, complete. Printed on title page: "Printed from the income of the Robert Charles Billings Fund." Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. Minuscule corner wear. Slight wear from general use on the covers. Spine has a few tiny spots from dampstaining. A Fine copy. Contents of the book: "The Anthology Society and Its Minutes," "Constitution of the Society," "Journal of the Proceedings of the Society," "List of Books Mentioned in the Journal," "Officers, Members, and Corresponding Members of the Society," "Collation of the Monthly Anthology," "and "Index." Mark Antony De Wolfe (DeWolfe) Howe (1864-1960) was an American author and editor. During his career, Howe was the associate editor of the Youth's Companion, assistant editor of the Atlantic Monthly, and editor of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin. Howe won the 1925 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for his book, Barrett Wendell and His Letters.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Illustrated (illustratore). First Edition. Philadelphia: Butler, 1858. 8vo. Full leather binding with 6 compartments, raised ridges. Brown endpapers. 1872 dated signature of prevous owner. Reginald Heber (21 April 1783 - 3 April 1826) was an English bishop, man of letters and hymn-writer. After 16 years as a country parson, he served as Bishop of Calcutta until his death at the age of 42. The son of a rich landowner and cleric, Heber gained fame at the University of Oxford as a poet. After graduation he made an extended tour of Scandinavia, Russia and Central Europe. Ordained in 1807, he took over his father's old parish, Hodnet, Shropshire. He also wrote hymns and general literature, including a study of the works of the 17th-century cleric Jeremy Taylor. He was consecrated Bishop of Calcutta in October 1823. He travelled widely and worked to improve the spiritual and general living conditions of his flock. Arduous duties, a hostile climate and poor health led to his collapse and death after less than three years in India. Memorials were erected there and in St Paul's Cathedral, London. A collection of his hymns appeared soon after his death. One, "Holy, Holy, Holy", remains popular for Trinity Sunday. Boards rubbed at extremities and on front and back of decorations. Shallow chipping top of spine. Hinges sound. Very good. Size: 8vo.

First (SD) edition. First book. Orange cloth, teg, uncut. 8vo. pp. xi, [3], 122. Very Good/No jacket/Ex-Lib. Library bookplate, spine label, sticker remnant, lightly sunned spine, internally NF. Foxed period newspaper review by Philip Hale on rear ep and pastedown.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good Plus. 1st Edition. First Edition (SD). This book, published in 1930, is in excellent condition. You can see the orange covers in the photos. They are very clean. The gilt lettering on the spine is bright. The top page edge is also gilt and it too is very bright. The middle page edge is deckled or rough-cut. So too, to a lesser degree, is the bottom edge. All three page edges are very clean. Surprisingly, the corners and edges of the covers are in excellent condition as well. The spine is only slightly lighter than the front and rear. The book is square and very solidly bound from cover to cover with nicely tight pages throughout and nicely tight covers as well. The pages are exceptionally clean. In scrolling through, I didn't come upon any soiling at all. I didn't see any conspicuous creasing. There are no markings. No attachments. And no one has written their name or anything else anywhere in the book. What makes the book rare is the presence of its original dust jacket. You can see it in the first few photos. It's pretty clean. The spine is clearly toned. There is a nick off the top edge of the front cover. All in all, the wear is quite light. The flaps do not have any print other than price ($2.50) which is just off the top edge of the front flap. Neither of the flaps are clipped. The flaps are clean and have only a little bit of toning. I've had the jacket in a fitted protective cover for as long as I've owned the book which goes back a good number of years. From the Introduction: 'It is eminently fitting that a Rhode Islander by origin should now be re-telling the story of Anne Hutchinson. Too late in the day as it may be to expect any new documentary light on the tragic story, it is none too soon to have it told with a feminine sympathy for the subject of it-- sore beset as she was with ills both spiritual and physical. The reported first club-woman of New England receives at the hands of Mrs. Curtis an interpretation at once comprehensive and comprehending. The story of Anne Hutchinson, and all the grimness of its authentic recoverable outlines, here faithfully set forth, is vital and tragic enough itself to provide the responsive reader with spurs to the imagination so sharp as to bring vividly before him the relative advantages of living in New England some three hundred years after its founding.' 'Anne Hutchinson (1591-1643) was a Puritan spiritual advisor, religious reformer, and an important participant in the Antinomian Controversy which shook the infant Massachusetts Bay Colony from 1636 to 1638. Her strong religious convictions were at odds with the established Puritan clergy in the Boston area and her popularity and charisma helped create a theological schism that threatened to destroy the Puritans' religious community in New England. She was eventually tried and convicted, then banished from the colony with many of her supporters.'.