Stories of a western town / by Octave Thanet ; illustrated by A.B. Frost.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thanet, Octave, 1850-1934, author.

Contributor:

Frost, A. B. (Arthur Burdett), 1851-1928, illustrator.

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)

Charles Scribner's Sons, publisher.

J.J. Little & Co., printer.

Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, associated name.

Hobbins, Jimmie R., autographer, associated name.

Williams, C. S., autographer, associated name.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Western stories.

Genre:

Fiction.

Penn Provenance:

Hobbins, Jimmie R. (autograph) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy)

Williams, C. S. (autograph) (Schimmel Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xi pages, 1 unnumbered page, 243 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations ; 19 cm

Manufacture:

New York : Press of J.J. Little & Co. Astor Place.

Place of Publication:

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1893.

Contents:

The besetment of Kurt Lieders

The face of failure

Tommy and Thomas

Mother emeritus

An assisted providence

Harry Lossing.

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy has autograph of Jimmie R. Hobbins, May 1899.5

Schimmel Collection copy has manuscript note ("Octave Thanet definition The best woman who ever wrote a book") on blank leaf following front free endpaper.

Schimmel Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016 by Caroline F. Schimmel.

Schimmel Collection copy has autograph ("CS Williams") on front free endpaper.

Schimmel Collection copy: leaves dampstained.

OCLC:

15075360