Author: Mary Forrest
Title: Women of the South Distinguished in Literature
Description: New York, Derby & Jackson, 1861. 1st Edition. Leather. 511p. A hardcover book beautifully bound in full decorated leather with gilt edges and a ribbon page marker. Good condition overall. The cover is rubbed along the edges, but the gilt lettering and embossed detailing are still vivid and attractive. The front cover is starting to crack off and must be handled with care. Owner's bookplate inside. Light foxing on plates, plus occasional small blemishes here and there. Text otherwise clean and pages securely bound. Profiles of female authors and poets of the antebellum South. Illustrated with steel-engraved portraits. .

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