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RARE Antique 1867 Book "Mrs. Stowe's Religious Poems" 1st Edition - Author Signed
Rare first edition by the author of …
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RARE Antique 1867 Book "Mrs. Stowe's Religious Poems" 1st Edition - Author Signed
Rare first edition by the author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" and famous abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe. Octavo. 107pp. Dark green cloth stamped in gilt. Publishers: University Press: Welch, Bigelow, & Co, Cambridge. Foxing on a few pages, mainly at front and back of book. Corners bumped,first two pages starting to detach. Inscribed by Harriet Beecher Stowe on the front fly:
"Why shouldst thou study in the month of June?
In dusky books of ---- Hebrew love?
Then the great Teacher of all glorious things
Passes in hourly light before thy door."
Harriet Beecher Stowe
March 4, 1867
Also inscribed on opposite page:
"Julia P. Bull 1886, (with the 6 marked out and 7 written over it)"
Book measures 7 1/8" x 4 5/8" x 1/2"
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- Dimensions
- 4.5ʺW × 0.5ʺD × 7ʺH
- Period
- Mid 19th Century
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- Fabric
- Gold Leaf
- Paper
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Dark Green
- Condition Notes
- Good condition. Good condition. less
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