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Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company 1884. IV360 pages Ads. NearFine Hardcover no dj. DarkGrayBlue cloth Gilt lettering and stamping. minimal loss of paint to the extremities otherwise The Book is Fine: No Wear. Clean Unmarked throughout perfect binding and hinges. 8.2"xx5.3"x1.3". be35778. Houghton, Mifflin and Company hardcover
New York: Harper & Brother Printers & Publishers 1895. First Edition. Three Quarters Leather. Good binding. Signed. 8vo; 7 1/2†x 5 1/8†rebound in 3/4 tan calf over marbled boards with gilt rule to the edges; 346 pages with frontispiece and other illustrations throughout; the front hinge has been very discreetly reinforced.~~Tipped in is an ALS from Charles Dudley Warner with interesting content regarding the naming of a character in the book. The letter is addressed to Eleanor Kilham a person of interest in her own right. A medical doctor engaged in private practice in New York at the outbreak of World War I she sailed for France on the first ship out after the sinking of the Lusitania. For her work in France she received the Medaille d’Honneur and the Medaille de Reconaissance d’Honneur. After the war she devoted herself to welfare work in New York see New York Times April 6 1937.~~The letter is dated Hartford Aug. 10 1893. It reads: “Dear Elenaor A thousand thanks for your suggestion about Jane Brown. I always did hate it. The confounded plebeian “ sound of it hampered me. Your word has given me the stimulus “ to eradicate it. Can you suggest a fitting name How would Ellen Leigh or Emiliy Leigh do It must be as un- common and yet dignified.â€~~The protagonist is in fact named Ruth Leigh and one supposes that Eleanor Kilham had something to do with that.~~~~. Good binding. Harper & Brother, Printers & Publishers unknown
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company 1902. NearFine Hardcover no dj. Embossed all over DarkSeaGreen cloth Black Decorations and lettering. No Wear Clean Unmarked Excellent binding and hinges. 6.0"x4.25". be16052. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover