MEREDITH, Harriet [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]
Sketches, Life Thoughts and Incidents
Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott, 1881. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in full, blind-stamped publisher's black morocco leather and illustrated with a carte-de-visite photograph of the author by P. Gutekunst tipped to the verso of the front free endpaper, likely as issued; 179 pages. The only copy of this book we were able to locate, at Brown University, makes no mention of a photograph. Includes at least two poems touching upon photography--"A Group of Cartes-de-Visite" and "Lines on a Photographic Group of Authors. Some rubbing to binding, but Near Fine, contents bright .
Charles Agvent
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Keywords: Poetry, 19th Century Literature, 19th Century Photography, Early Photography, 19th Century American Literature Literature: American 19th Century American Literature 19th Century Photography Women's Literature