LETTERS THAT LIVE
SELECTED BY LAURA E. LOCKWOOD AND MAY R. KELLY
SIGNED-BINDING BY BERTHA STUART [BS]
*** RARE ANTIQUE FIRST EDITION ~ EMBOSSED GILT FINE BINDING ~ ARTS & CRAFTS STYLE ~ CLASSIC LETTERS ***
INCLUDES LETTERS FROM MANY IMPORTANT AUTHORS AND HISTORICAL FIGURES, INCLUDING
JANE AUSTEN, CHARLES DARWIN, LEWIS CARROLL, EMILY DICKINSON, CHARLOTTE BRONTE, MATTHEW ARNOLD, JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, LOUISA MAY ALCOTT, CHRISTINA ROSSETTI, ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON, WALTER SCOTT, ROBERT SOUTHEY, GEORGE CRABBE, JON KEATS, JOHN ADAMS, JOHN DONNE, DEAN SWIFT, ALEXANDER POPE, THOMAS GRAY, SAMUEL JOHNSON, GEORGE WASHINGTON, WILLIAM COWPER, ROBERT BURNS, WILLIAM WORDSWORTH, CHARLES DICKENS, EDWARD FITZGERALD, NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE, ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING, CHARLES KINGSLEY, THOMAS HOOD, GEORGE ELIOT, ETC.
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1911.
• First Edition - title page date matches copyright date - no additional printings listed
• measures about 7'' x 5.5''
• beautiful green cloth Arts & Crafts style fine signed-binding by Bertha Stuart [BS]
• ornate embossed gilt stamping to front, back, and spine
• textblock all edges gilt
• pictorial endpapers by Paul Martin (dated 1911)
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