Author: GILDER, ROSAMOND
Title: Letters of Richard Watson Gilder
Description: Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1916. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Photographs; This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. Several of the text pages (including the last two pages) are unopened. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some beginning bumping. The text pages are clean and bright. This copy includes a previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown page (Elena R. Goodwin). "Richard Watson Gilder (February 8, 1844 – November 19, 1909) was an American poet and editor. "The death of his father, while serving as chaplain of the Fortieth New York Volunteers, obliged him to give up the study of the law. A little later, he became a reporter on the Newark (New Jersey) Advertiser, of which he was later editor. With Newton Crane, he founded the Newark Register. In 1870, he became editor of Hours at Home, a monthly magazine published by Scribner's. It merged with Scribner's Monthly, which was edited by J. G. Holland. Gilder became managing editor. When Holland died in 1881, Gilder became editor. In November 1881, the monthly was renamed as The Century Magazine, and Gilder remained its editor until his death. Gilder's assistant editor at Century was Sophia Bledsoe Herrick.". Very Good+ .
Keywords: Biography Rosamond Gilder Richard Watson Gilder Editor Century Magazine Politics Spelling Reporters Biography
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Title: Letters of Richard Watson Gilder
Description: Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1916. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Photographs; This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. Several of the text pages (including the last two pages) are unopened. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some beginning bumping. The text pages are clean and bright. This copy includes a previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown page (Elena R. Goodwin). "Richard Watson Gilder (February 8, 1844 – November 19, 1909) was an American poet and editor. "The death of his father, while serving as chaplain of the Fortieth New York Volunteers, obliged him to give up the study of the law. A little later, he became a reporter on the Newark (New Jersey) Advertiser, of which he was later editor. With Newton Crane, he founded the Newark Register. In 1870, he became editor of Hours at Home, a monthly magazine published by Scribner's. It merged with Scribner's Monthly, which was edited by J. G. Holland. Gilder became managing editor. When Holland died in 1881, Gilder became editor. In November 1881, the monthly was renamed as The Century Magazine, and Gilder remained its editor until his death. Gilder's assistant editor at Century was Sophia Bledsoe Herrick.". Very Good+ .
Keywords: Biography Rosamond Gilder Richard Watson Gilder Editor Century Magazine Politics Spelling Reporters Biography
Price: US$ 25.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 33114
- Book number: 33114
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