J p cresson (4 resultados)

Soft cover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. The North American Review Vol. 217 No. 4 April 1923. Various (ilustrador).

No Binding. Condición: Fine. A remarkably early, culturally significant contemporary American manuscript documenting the immediate transatlantic craze for Charles Dickens's debut masterpiece. FULL TRANSCRIPTION: "Philada. August 1. 1837 My dear friend Benjamine, I send you the 'Pickwick Papers,' to read during your leisure hours while in the Country, I hope it will amuse you. Please tell Julia that I will send her 'Moore's Works' so soon as I get them home; — I loaned them some six weeks ago to a friend & they have not yet been returned, hence the delay in sending. When do you go to the Country, if you have no objections, to tell me, I should be pleased to know. As ever your friend J. P. Cresson P.S. Kind remembrances to all at home. J." HISTORICAL CONTEXT & SIGNIFICANCE: The author, J.P. Cresson, belonged to the Cresson family, a highly prominent and wealthy Philadelphia Quaker merchant family with deep roots in the city. Because the family was affluent, educated, and heavily involved in philanthropy, literature, and commerce, this letter provides a perfect window into the rapid consumption of new literature among the American elite. Casually gifting a friend a copy of the brand-new "Pickwick Papers" or loaning out Thomas Moore's romantic poetry was a hallmark of their sophisticated social circle. The recipient, addressed as "Benjamine," was almost certainly Benjamin Franklin Cresson, or a closely related cousin within the same prominent merchant circle. It was customary in Quaker families of this era to pass letters and literature back and forth between family branches, particularly when traveling "to the Country." In this case, escaping "to the Country" refers to the common practice among affluent Philadelphians of fleeing the oppressive summer heat and humidity of the city for rural Pennsylvania or New Jersey estates—a detail perfectly aligned with the letter's August 1st date. The timing of this letter is critical to its importance. Charles Dickens's "The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club" was issued in London in monthly parts from April 1836 to November 1837. In Philadelphia, the publishing firm Carey, Lea & Blanchard began rushing pirated American part-issues to the public as quickly as ships could cross the Atlantic, igniting "Pickwick-mania" across the United States throughout the spring and summer of 1837. Letters from the summer of 1837 directly discussing and circulating copies of "Pickwick Papers" among private American readers are extraordinarily scarce. This piece provides vivid, primary evidence of early American literary reception, Victorian summer reading habits, and the physical circulation of popular fiction among the Philadelphia Quaker elite. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condición: Fair. No Jacket. 617, [3] pages : illustrations (some color), portrait, color maps ; 45 cm ; OCLC 56519674. LCCN 00005457 LC E715 .L63; Folio; large format book; embossed pictorial dark red cloth with decorative endpapers ; tears to a few pages ; foxed ; damage to spine ; two-page maps ; "A pictorial and Dewcriptive Record of the Cuban Rebellion, the Causes that Involved the United States, and a Complete Narrative of our Conflict with Spain on Land and Sea, supplemented with fullest information respectinv Cuba, Porto Rico, The Philippines and Hawaii, their commerce, climate productions history and people. Embellished with 1500 original illustrations, by the great war artists of Leslie's Weekly, and pictures taken of actual scenes by its corps of correspondents and photographers sent to the front for the purpose, including such world-famous masters of the brush and camera as B. West Clinedinst, C. M. Sheldon, E. N. Blue, G. M. Tracer, H. Cresson Schell, G. W. Peters, Howard Chandler Christy, Charles Broughton, C. McKnight Smith, F. H. Schell, Dan Beard, Dan Smith, Burr McIntosh, James Burton, W. F. Hoffman, S. I. Wilkinson, C. Edward Graham, C. T. Rost, J. C. Hemment, W. H. Rau, J. F.J. Archibald, Edward Wilsman, Miss A. N. Benjamin, and illuminated by a series of double-page colored war maps of Cuba, Porto Rico, the Philippines and Hawaii, and chromatic prints of flags and seals of all nations, medals, signals, and insignia that represent all ranks of officers in the army and navy. Compiled and written directly from the Official Records at Washington, with the endorsement of the President, of the Secretary of War, and of the Commanding Officers of the Army and Navy." ; "This work is sold by subscription only, and will never be for sale in book stores" ; Ownership of Edward Fredrick Deichler (1875-1957), a descendent of pioneers Philip and Maximilian Deichler, enterprising shoemakers and stationers in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. In 1905 E. F. Deichler was the proprietor of the Kinzler Shoe Co. , Lancaster, and by 1910 he became the manager of 20th Century Shoe Company, 7 South Market Square, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He also recruited agents to sell tea, coffee, and merchandise in the area. ; 12 ½ x 17 inches ; FAIR. Book. …

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