JEWETT, Sarah Orne

A Marsh Island

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1885. First Edition. Blanck's second printing, with A Marsh Island priced at $1.25 in rear ads. 12mo (18.5cm). In original publisher's threepiece cloth binding, with dark green over boards and light green back, stamped in black on front and gold on spine; plain endpapers; list of works by Jewett facing title page, and 12-page publisher's catalogue at rear; [ii], [1]-292, [ii], 12pp. Tight and sturdy, lightly rubbed at head and tail, else Very Good.

Unsigned binding by Sarah Wyman Whitman (1842-1904), a close friend of Jewett's who designed many bindings for her novels (ANB). BAL 10885.

Price: $175.00

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