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Genoa The Superb. The City of Columbus
por Johnson, Virginia W. (1849-1916)
- Usado
- Muito Bom
- Capa dura
- first
- Condição
- Muito Bom/No Jacket
- Livreiro
-
DeLand, Florida, United States
Formas de pagamento
Sobre este item
Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1892. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.
White cloth over beveled boards; front cover stamped in gilt and blue, with a coat of arms stamped in gilt and red; spine stamped in gilt and blue; untrimmed; in red; Printed on laid-paper. Bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear with off-setting on rear board. First blank page has a closed tear from poor opening of "closed" page. Top edge gilt worn. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo; 8.25 inches tall; 292 pages with index; illustrated with 19 red-lettered tissue-guarded plates from photographs. [3 p. 1., 288 p. front., 19 pl. 21 cm.]. In 1875, the author and her mother and sister went abroad, and Johnson settled in Europe, spending most of her time in Florence. She continued to write adult novels and stories, which were published in America.
The Dictionary of American Biography notes that "[a]fter 1875, her work shows intense love for Italy, both mediaeval and modern," and incorporates a "knowledge of Italian history and literature" as well as of contemporary Italy.
Background Information:
Virginia Wales Johnson came from distinguished ancestry, in this case the Sewall family (descendants of Judge Samuel Sewall); she was also distantly related to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
White cloth over beveled boards; front cover stamped in gilt and blue, with a coat of arms stamped in gilt and red; spine stamped in gilt and blue; untrimmed; in red; Printed on laid-paper. Bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear with off-setting on rear board. First blank page has a closed tear from poor opening of "closed" page. Top edge gilt worn. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo; 8.25 inches tall; 292 pages with index; illustrated with 19 red-lettered tissue-guarded plates from photographs. [3 p. 1., 288 p. front., 19 pl. 21 cm.]. In 1875, the author and her mother and sister went abroad, and Johnson settled in Europe, spending most of her time in Florence. She continued to write adult novels and stories, which were published in America.
The Dictionary of American Biography notes that "[a]fter 1875, her work shows intense love for Italy, both mediaeval and modern," and incorporates a "knowledge of Italian history and literature" as well as of contemporary Italy.
Background Information:
Virginia Wales Johnson came from distinguished ancestry, in this case the Sewall family (descendants of Judge Samuel Sewall); she was also distantly related to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
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Detalhes
- Livreiro
- Blind Horse Books [ABAA - FABA]
(US)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 011449
- Título
- Genoa The Superb. The City of Columbus
- Autor
- Johnson, Virginia W. (1849-1916)
- Formato/Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Muito Bom
- Condição de sobrecapa
- No Jacket
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Edição
- First Edition, First Printing
- Editorial
- Estes and Lauriat
- Local de publicação
- Boston
- Data de publicação
- 1892
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palavras-chave
- Genoa (Italy); Genoa (Italy), Description and travel.
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