Author: Maria S. Cummins
Title: The Lamplighter
Description: London , Collins' Clear-Type Press , 1904. Cloth. An uncommon edition of this best-selling sentimental novel by Maria S. Cummins, with original colour plates. An uncommon illustrated edition of this novel with original colour plates. In the original decorative cloth binding.With a coloured frontispiece, illustrative title page and seven coloured plates. Collated, complete. A sentimental novel, and female bildungsroman this was the first novel from American author Maria Susanna Cummins, and was an immediate best-seller, selling 20,000 copies in twenty days.The narrative follows the story of Gertrude Flint, an orphan rescued at the age of eight by Trueman Flint, a lamplighter, from her abusive guardian, Nan Grant. In the original decorative cloth binding. Externally, smart, with rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are age toned, with light spotting to the endpapers, otherwise generally clean. Contemporary ink inscription to the front free endpaper. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .
Keywords: The Lamplighter Maria S. Cummins Colour Plates American Literature Maria S. Cummins Not Stated
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Title: The Lamplighter
Description: London , Collins' Clear-Type Press , 1904. Cloth. An uncommon edition of this best-selling sentimental novel by Maria S. Cummins, with original colour plates. An uncommon illustrated edition of this novel with original colour plates. In the original decorative cloth binding.With a coloured frontispiece, illustrative title page and seven coloured plates. Collated, complete. A sentimental novel, and female bildungsroman this was the first novel from American author Maria Susanna Cummins, and was an immediate best-seller, selling 20,000 copies in twenty days.The narrative follows the story of Gertrude Flint, an orphan rescued at the age of eight by Trueman Flint, a lamplighter, from her abusive guardian, Nan Grant. In the original decorative cloth binding. Externally, smart, with rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are age toned, with light spotting to the endpapers, otherwise generally clean. Contemporary ink inscription to the front free endpaper. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .
Keywords: The Lamplighter Maria S. Cummins Colour Plates American Literature Maria S. Cummins Not Stated
Price: GBP 45.00 = appr. US$ 64.26 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 935Y36
- Book number: 935Y36
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