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Samantha at Saratoga, or, "Flirtin' with fashion" / by Josiah Allen's wife (Marietta Holley) ; illustrated by Frederick Opper.

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Schimmel Collection Schimmel Fiction 2255
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Holley, Marietta, 1836-1926.
Contributor:
Opper, Frederick Burr, 1857-1937.
Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)
Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, associated name.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Wit and humor, Juvenile--Fiction.
Wit and humor, Juvenile.
Husband and wife--Fiction.
Husband and wife.
Springs.
Manners and customs.
New York (State).
Manners and customs--Fiction.
Clothing and dress--Fiction.
Clothing and dress.
Wealth--Fiction.
Wealth.
Springs--New York (State)--Description and travel--Fiction.
Saratoga Springs (N.Y.)--Description and travel--Fiction.
Saratoga Springs (N.Y.).
Genre:
Fiction.
Satires.
Penn Provenance:
Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel Fiction 2255) (Schimmel 7272))
Willcox, E., Mrs. (inscription) (Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel Fiction 2255))
Ratts(?), Edward (autograph) (Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel Fiction 2255))
Physical Description:
583 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations, portrait ; 22 cm
Other Title:
Samantha at Saratoga
Flirtin' with fashion
Place of Publication:
Philadelphia : Hubbard Brothers, 1887.
Notes:
"Sold by subscription only."
Illustrations include facsimile wood engravings of views of Saratoga on different paper from text but counted in pagination; frontispiece port. (steel engraving) of the author.
Local Notes:
Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel Fiction 2255) presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Caroline F. Schimmel.
Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel Fiction 2255) has dated 19th-century ms. gift inscription ("To Mrs. E. Willcox on her birth day from her faithful friend Edward Ratts[?] Hoping that Samantha's adventures in Saratoga will make her 'laugh and be happy'. Feb. 6. 1888") on blank leaf following from free endpaper.
Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel Fiction 2255): some leaves at beginning and end of vol. detached from textblock; textblock partially detached from binding.
Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel 7272) presented to the Penn Libraries in 2019 by Caroline F. Schimmel.
OCLC:
187467556

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