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Northwood : a tale of New England / by Mrs. S.J. Hale.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Schimmel Collection Schimmel Fiction 1989 v.1-2
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell, 1788-1879.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Manners and customs.
- New England--Fiction.
- New England.
- United States.
- Slavery--United States--Fiction.
- Slavery.
- United States--Social life and customs--1783-1865--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Penn Provenance:
- Wright, D. R. (autograph) (RBC copy)
- Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel Fiction 1989) (Schimmel 6899))
- Prouty, Amariah T. (stamp) (Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel Fiction 1989))
- Physical Description:
- 2 volumes ; 20 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Published by Bowles & Dearborn, 1827.
- Notes:
- Copyright Mar. 16, 1827 by Ingraham & Hewes.
- Vol. 1: 258 p.; v. 2: 242 [i.e., 240] p.
- Error in paging: v. 2, p. 239-240 misnumbered 241-242.
- Local Notes:
- Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel Fiction 1989): v. 1 has ms. collation signed "GSB 4/10" in pencil on back pastedown.
- Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel Fiction 1989) presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Caroline F. Schimmel.
- Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel Fiction 1989): each vol. has stamp ("Amariah T. Prouty") of Amariah Taft Prouty (1802-1887).
- Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel Fiction 1989): each vol. bound in full contemporary leather; spine panels ruled in gold at head and foot; gold-stamped red leather spine label ("NORTHWOOD"); vol. no. stamped in gold on spine; all edges yellow (now largely faded).
- Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel Fiction 1989): v. 1: hole in tail margin of p. 9-10; head outer corner of p. 249-250 torn off; tear in tail inner corner of many leaves.
- Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel 6899) imperfect: volume 1 only.
- Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel 6899) presented to the Penn Libraries in 2017 by Caroline F. Schimmel.
- Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel 6899): pages 1-4 (including title leaf) detached and laid in.
- Cited in:
- Shoemaker 29110
- BAL 6776
- Wright, L.H. Amer. fiction, 1774-1850 (2nd ed.), 1083
- OCLC:
- 239304
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