SPOFFORD, HARRIET PRESCOTT

Art Decoration Applied to Furniture

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1878. First Edition. Original decorated blindstamped gilt cloth. With plates & illustrations. Ex-libris on front pastedown. All edges gilt. Former owner's name in neat ink on front free endpaper. Upper joint cracked. Two quires loosening in book block. Slight foxing to first & last few pages. Small waterstain to bottom fore edge of last pages. Bottom spine somewhat damaged. Some wear to top spine. Spine, covers & corners otherwise slightly worn with some waterstaining to back cover. ; 23.5 x 17 x 3.5 cms; 237 pages. Very Good- .

Literary Cat BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 62552

Catalogue: Art, Architecture & Design

Keywords: Cabinet Making Social & Cultural History

Harriet Prescott Spofford

New-England Legends

Boston, James R. Osgood and Company, 1871 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce collection of short stories about New England, by American author Harriet Prescott Spofford. The very scarce first edition of this work.This volume contains six tales about New England: 'The True Account of Captain Kidd', an infamous privateer; 'Charleston'; 'Salem'; 'Newburyport'; 'Dover', and 'Portsmouth&apos.With seven illustrations. Collated, complete.An attractive first edition from American writer Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford, whose literary career spanned over six decades, and included short stories, poems, novels, literary criticism, biographies, and memoirs. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with back strip lightly age toned. Front hinge a touch strained, but firmly held. Internally, firmly bound. Pages a touch age toned due to paper type, but otherwise clean and bright. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 900F2

Catalogue: Short Stories

Keywords: Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford american literature american fiction american literature Not Stated

Spofford, Harriet Prescott

Sir Rohan's Ghost

Boston, J.E. Tilton and Company, 1860. Hardcover. Brown textured cloth boards. 2 preliminary leaves, [vii]-viii pages, 2 leaves, [11]-352 pages. Published anonymously. VG Cover has edge and corner damage, fading, and some peeling at spine. Internal binding is loose, all pages still connected to bookblock, Bookblock has age toning. Interior pages have age toning and foxing.

Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessional seller

Book number: 185149

Catalogue: Literature Young and Old

Keywords: Literature Young and Old ; Literature ; ;