Pseudonym christopher crowfield (2 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1865 1st edition copy of Harriet Beecher Stowe's "House and Home Papers" which was written under her pseudonym Christopher Crowfield. This is one of the three books which she published under that name. The book contains a collection of works on housekeeping, home life, domestic economy, etc told from the point of a view as a man. These writings were first originally published in issues of the Atlantic Monthly in 1864. The book is overall in very good condition with just some minor signs of wear and age. The covers only have some light wear with a little wear towards the extremities of the spine. The binding is good and sound. The interior is lightly toned from age but is mostly nice and clean, though there may be the very occasional page with a light bit of foxing, grubbiness, or some kind of other minor imperfection such as a minor interior crack, creased page corner, minor bit of soiling, small chip,tiny tear etc. Generally though, it's a nice copy. The book measures approximately 7 1/4 inches by 4 3/4 inches and is 333 pages long.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. Presentation copy of Harriet Beecher Stowe's collection of essays and stories about the "little foxes," or bad habits, that ruin a marriage. Inscribed by Stowe on the front free endpaper: "Mrs. [Sarah?] Johnson, with the affectionate remembrances of H.B. Stowe." First American edition. Bound in publisher's full brown cloth over boards, stamped in gilt and blind, with brown endpapers (Binding A in BAL, but with additional gilt lettering within wreath at center). 7.5 x 4.75 inches; 287, [1] pages. From the collection of Arthur Williams Hall (1873-1952) of Massachusetts, bibliophile and manufacturer of laboratory equipment, with his pencil notes on the front free endpaper; thence by descent through three generations. Chipping to head of spine, small label on front pastedown, some discoloration to endpapers, pencil markings in the margins of a few pages, and a sprung gathering. Good+. According to Stowe, the "little foxes" that threaten domestic bliss are: fault-finding, irritability, repression, persistence, intolerance, discourtesy, and exactingness. A rare presentation copy from the author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Reference: Blanck, J. Bibliography of American literature, 19441. Inscribed by Author(s). …