Thomas j starke (5 resultados)

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First edition (per matching dates on title and copyright leaves). [2], i-x, 1-330, [18] pages. Hardcover: H 19.5cm x L 12.75cm. Original dark green cloth rubbed with some staining; board corners worn; rear board detached but retaining rear free endpaper and last advertising leaf by strip of relatively modern binding tape; spine's surface cloth chipped at ends with additional tear at heel; spine separated along rear joint but still attached at front joint; spine's gilt lettering still reasonably bright but not vibrant. Toning to text block edges. Antebellum bookseller ticket "Sold by | Thos. J. Starke, | No. 53 Main Street, | Opposite St. Charles Hotel, | Richmond, Va." affixed at front pastedown's top left (antebellum Richmond bookseller tickets are uncommon); three-line antiquarian ink ownership inscription "Owen B. Hill MD | Richmond | Va" on front free endpaper; old four leaf clover laid-in between pages 184-185; occasional pencil marks at text margins; pages 313-314 with near leaf long tear towards gutter margin affecting text. Features frontispiece with guard sheet plus three b/w plates all on unpaged leaves (opposite pages 43, 98, and 129). Includes single publisher's advertising leaf preceding frontis and a section of nine unnumbered leaves (i.e. 18 pages) of publisher's advertisements at rear. Wright Howes only calls for six advertising pages so this copy may be a second state of the first edition. Several quires slightly pulled but otherwise text block (save for aforementioned defects) is reasonably firm. Just a good antiquarian copy in need of spine repair and re-stitching. Lawyer Joseph Glover Baldwin (1815-1864) relays his humorous stories and impressions, mostly autobiographical but some fictional elements too, of life during the speculative southern land rush in Alabama and Mississippi prior to the 1837 financial crash. Baldwin moved to California in the late Gold Rush years and served on the Supreme Court of California from 1858 to 1862. In an essay regarding Baldwin on pages 18-19 of LIVES OF MISSISSIPPI AUTHORS, 1817-1967 (Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 1981) James D. Wilson describes Baldwin's book as a "literary attempt to extol the glories of the region's past and to warn of its impending doom . . . cast in the form of sketches, many dealing with the legal profession" and cites W.D. Howe's statement (from the 1918 edition of CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE) that FLUSH TIMES is "perhaps the most significant volume of humor by a Southerner before the Civil War." Bibliographer Thomas Clark summarized FLUSH TIMES as a "burlesque description of pioneer life in Alabama and Mississippi as it appeared to a young lawyer who had recently arrived from Virginia." {Bibliographical references: Wright Howes "U.S.IANA" B-62, Joseph Sabin 2898, Streeter 1564, and Clark "Travels in the Old South" 124.} Bookseller Thomas Jefferson Starke and the book's likely original owner Dr. Owen Baylor Hill (who evidently served as Confederate War Department acting assistant surgeon in charge of prisons) are both buried in Richmond's Hollywood Cemetery. Description copyright David Hallinan, Bookseller.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Robert Cushman: Or The Rival Students is a novel written by Thomas J. Starke and published in 1860. The story follows the titular character, Robert Cushman, and his rival, Arthur Merton, as they compete for academic and social superiority at their boarding school. The two boys come from vastly different backgrounds, with Robert being the son of a poor farmer and Arthur coming from a wealthy family. Despite this, Robert is determined to succeed and prove himself to his peers and teachers. Along the way, he must navigate the challenges of school life, including bullying, academic pressure, and romantic entanglements. The novel explores themes of ambition, class, and the importance of education in shaping one's future.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.…

Condición: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. KlappentextrnrnThis scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have. …

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Robert Cushman | Or The Rival Students (1860) | Thomas J. Starke (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | Kartoniert / Broschiert | Englisch | 2009 | Kessinger Publishing, LLC | EAN 9781120694287 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand. …