Literary shrines - The haunts of some famous American authors is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1895. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the ...
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Literary shrines - The haunts of some famous American authors is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1895. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.
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VG+ Fifth edition bound in mustard colored cloth with black and gold desig ns and lettering. Title page printed in red and black. 4 1/2" x 7 /14". A VG+ copy. Small bumps/frays to the book's corners. Fading to its spine and some light soiling to the cloth. Frontis plate and three bla ck & white plates.
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Very Good. Deluxe. Very good. Hardcover is rubbed at spine ends and corners, corners bumped, spine heavily faded, cover faded at edges, gold stamping on front cover and spine, gilt top foredge, foredges soiled, #192 of 512 copies. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
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8vo. 223 pp. Hard Covers. Very Good. Red cloth covered boards with gilt lettering and illustration. Minor shelf wear. Corners bumped. 4 unnumbered leaves of plates. Deckled pages. Scarce. This 1895 volume visits the literary haunts and homes of such American writers as Thoreau, Emerson, Alcott, Hawthorne, Longfellow, Whitman, and many, many more. The author spent months visiting the places he writes about in this volume, the influence of these places upon their occupants is made clear by Wolfe. Locations include The Wayside Inn; Concord, Massachusetts; The Orchard House; The Berkshires; family homes; and more. From the collection of the late Frederick Ruffner, Jr., founder of Gale Research, Detroit.
