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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.
- 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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