Author: Doten, Elizabeth.
Title: Hesper, the Home-Spirit. A Simple Story of Household Labor and Love.
Description: Boston, MA: Abel Tompkins/Brown, Taggard & Chase, 1859. 1859. - Octavo, purplish blue cloth titled in gilt with decorations in gilt on the spine & with frames & decorations in blind on the covers. The binding is bumped & rubbed with light staining to the front cover. The head & tail of the spine are lightly chipped. vi, [ii] & pages [9]-251. There are contemporary owner's inscriptions on the front pastedown & rear endpaper. There is scattered foxing throughout. Good.

First edition.

A story written to "give true merit to..the patient, persevering heroism of those in humble life, who struggle hard and suffer long..It is not the great and overwhelming sorrows of existence, but the petty, inglorious vexations of daily life that most severely test the soul's energies.. Good .

Keywords: LITERATURE; FICTION; NOVEL; WOMAN AUTHOR; HESPER, THE HOME-SPIRIT. A Simple Story of Household Labor and Love; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

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