PHELPS, ELIZABETH STUART MRS HERBERT WARD (9 résultats)

Small octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-44 [45] [46-48: blank] [note: first and last leaves are blanks], two inserted plates with illustrations by William Hurd Lawrence, original pictorial sea green cloth, front panel stamped in cream, black and gold, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. Sentimental story collected earlier in THE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE AND OTHER STORIES (1909). BAL 21001. Smith, American Fiction, 1901-1925 P-306. Some mild scattered foxing, a very good copy with clean and bright binding. (#116738).

Small quarto, three inserted plates with illustrations by Howard E. Smith, original olive green cloth stamped in gold and blind, pictorial paper onlay affixed to front cover. First edition. Sentimental short story. BAL 21003 (noted printing 1). Smith, American Fiction, 1901-1925 P-307. Inscriptions in pencil on front paste-down and free endpaper, a very good copy. (#116772).

12mo, pp. [1-8] [1] 2-334 [335-336: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], flyleaves at front and rear, publisher's brown cloth, front and rear panels stamped in blind, spine panel stamped in gold and blind, brown coated endpapers. First edition. The author's first short story collection. Ten tales, some with supernatural and occult themes. A major American short story collection. See Quinn, American Fiction, pp. 192-203. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1303. Bleiler (1978), p. 157. Reginald 11432. BAL 20866. Wright(II) 2630. Cloth worn at edges, cloth a bit scuffed and spotted, slight spine lean, hairline cracks along inner hinges, still a sound, good reading copy. (#173698).

Octavo, pp. [1-4] [1] 2-222 [223] [224: blank] [1]-12: ads, flyleaves at front and rear, original decorated green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in brown and gold, yellow endpapers. First U.S. edition. A popular story of the afterlife, a sequel to THE GATES AJAR (1869) and BEYOND THE GATES (1883). "The account of the adventures in the other world of a Dr. Esmerald Thorne, an unspiritual person who is accidentally killed" - Quinn, American Fiction, pp. 195. Clute and Grant (eds), The Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997), p. 758. Bleiler (1978), p. 157. Reginald 11431. Wright (lll) 5762. BAL 20927. Christmas gift inscription dated 1887 on front free endpaper. Slight spine lean, cloth rubbed at spine ends and corner tips, a very good copy. (#96024).

12mo, pp. [1-5] 6-196 [1]-16: ads, flyleaves at front and rear, original decorated sea green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in brown and gold, gray-green coated endpapers. First U.S. edition, first printing. 5120 copies printed. A popular story of the afterlife, a sequel to THE GATES AJAR (1869). "The dream of a woman who thinks she dies and goes to Heaven." - Quinn, American Fiction, pp. 195. Clute and Grant (eds), The Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997), p. 758. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature 1516-1985, p. 70. Bleiler (1978), p. 157. Reginald 11430. Wright (lll) 5755. BAL 20917. Very slight spine lean, cloth just a bit rubbed at spine ends and corner tips, a bright, near fine copy. (#96025).

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo: 196 pages followed by 16 pages of Houghton, Mifflin ads. Tan cloth gilt titled on spine, lettered on front cover in darker brown; small gilt butterfly at top, thin brown horizontal lines at top of spine carried over to front cover. Moss green coated endpapers. The faintest suggestion of a tidemark at the lower outer corner of the last few pages, else a very bright, near fine copy. First American edition, Blanck's third printing, #20917 with the corrected text. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward (1844-1911) was an early feminist American author and intellectual who challenged traditional Christian beliefs of the afterlife, challenged women's traditional roles in marriage and family, advocated clothing reform for women, and was an early animal rights supporter. Married a man 15 years younger, but spent very little time with him. This is the third of her spiritual, 'after death experience' novels: Gates Ajar (1868), Since I Died (1873) and this one in 1883. Reference: Bleiler, page 157; Grolier Club: Emerging Voices- American Women Writers 1650-1920, pages 56-57; Wolff, Nineteenth-Century Fiction, page 270.

12mo, pp. [1-8] [1] 2-334 [335-336: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], flyleaves at front and rear, original green cloth, front and rear panels stamped in blind, spine panel stamped in gold and blind, brown coated endpapers. First edition. The author's first short story collection. Ten tales, some with supernatural and occult themes. A major American short story collection. See Quinn, American Fiction, pp. 192-203. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1303. Bleiler (1978), p. 157. Reginald 11432. BAL 20866. Wright(II) 2630. Cloth rubbed at spine ends and corner tips, embossed stamp of an old Baltimore book and stationery store on front flyleaf, several minor creases to front free endpaper and two preliminary leaves, mild scattered foxing early and late, still a very nice copy with clean binding and bright spine stamping.(#116739).

12mo, pp. [1-8] [1] 2-334 [335-336: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], flyleaves at front and rear, original green cloth, front and rear panels stamped in blind, spine panel stamped in gold and blind, brown coated endpapers. First edition. The author's first short story collection. Ten tales, some with supernatural and occult themes. A major American short story collection. See Quinn, American Fiction, pp. 192-203. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1303. Bleiler (1978), p. 157. Reginald 11432. BAL 20866. Wright(II) 2630. Slight spine lean, hint of rubbing to lower spine end and lower corner tips, a fine copy. A lovely copy. (#168277).

12mo, pp. [1-8] [1] 2-334 [335-336: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], flyleaves at front and rear, original purple cloth, front and rear panels stamped in blind, spine panel stamped in gold and blind, brown coated endpapers. First edition. The author's first collection of short fiction and a major American short story collection. Ten tales, three with supernatural and occult themes, including "Kentucky's Ghost," a good nautical ghost story. See Quinn, American Fiction, pp. 192-203. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1303. Bleiler (1978), p. 157. Reginald 11432. BAL 20866. Wright(II) 2630. Cloth partially rubbed along lower edge, a nearly fine copy. A lovely copy. Scarce in such nice condition. (#151836).