Recollections of My Mother [SIGNED]
by Humphrey, Zephine
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Elizabethtown, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Fleming H. Revell Company, (1912.) 1st edition. Signed and inscribed on the front free endpaper: "Greetings to a friend of my friend, / Zephine Humphrey Fahnestock / Dorset, [Vermont] 1941." A scarce biographical memoir of her mother, Harriet L. Sykes Humphrey (1832-1910), a social reformer and religious lecturer who was an early influence on future Nobel laureate Jane Addams. 292 pp. 8vo hardcover. Gray paper-covered boards with red lettering and decorative border. Fair to Good only. Front hinge cracked but holding. Binding weak along the front joint. Chipped at head of spine about one-quarter inch, not affecting the spine label. Text clean and unmarked. Protected by a new clear archival dust jacket. An imperfect but intact copy.
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- Bookseller
- Lux Libri (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000466
- Title
- Recollections of My Mother [SIGNED]
- Author
- Humphrey, Zephine
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Fleming H. Revell
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1912
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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