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Dawn island : a tale / by Harriet Martineau.

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Schimmel Collection Schimmel Fiction 6173
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LIBRA - Rare Book Collection Storage PR4984.M5 D3 1845
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Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection EC8 M3666 845d
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Martineau, Harriet, 1802-1876, author.
Contributor:
Gadsby, John, 1809-1893, publisher, printer.
Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
English Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)
Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, associated name.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Economic anthropology--Fiction.
Economic anthropology.
Genre:
Short stories.
Fiction.
Penn Provenance:
Smith, Susannah (inscription) (Culture Class Collection copy)
Hunt, A. George (autograph) (Culture Class Collection copy)
Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy)
Physical Description:
94 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm
Place of Publication:
Manchester : J. Gadsby, Newall's Buildings, 1845.
Contents:
Nature and man at war
Puerile man and his gods
The priest and the oracle
More human sacrifice
Vital tribute
The priest and the advent
A higher disclosure
Spiritual tribute
Nature and man at peace.
Notes:
"This tale, written for the purpose, is my offering to the Bazaar of the National Anti-Corn-Law League."--Preface.
Added engraved title page.
Added engraved title page and frontispiece are conjugate.
"Manchester: Printed by J. Gadsby, Newall's-Buildings."--Colophon.
Local Notes:
Culture Class Collection copy inscribed to Susannah Smith from A. Geo. Hunt.
Schimmel Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016 by Caroline F. Schimmel.
Schimmel Collection copy has partially illegible dated 20th-century manuscript gift inscription ("Best love from [...] Xmas 1943") on front pastedown.
OCLC:
4555387

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