The harvester / by Gene Stratton-Porter ; illustrations by W.L. Jacobs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stratton-Porter, Gene, 1863-1924.

Contributor:

Jacobs, William L., illustrator.

Doubleday, Page & Company, publisher.

Country Life Press, printer.

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

Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, associated name.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indiana--Fiction.

Indiana.

Penn Provenance:

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

Grant Hospital (Columbus, Ohio). Alumni (inscription) (Schimmel Collection copy)

Schriver, Maud Elsie (autograph) (Schimmel Collection copy)

Physical Description:

[10], 564 p., [4] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, Page & Company, 1911.

Summary:

"The story of a young man who finds the girl of his dreams and wins her love."

Notes:

"State 3: 'Published August, 1911' deleted from copyright page (rare thus). Damaged type on pages 7, 25, 30 and 411 reset (same as 1912 editions). First word of last line on page 6 'I' as in 1912 editions (earlier 'on'). Last word on page 150 'care,' earlier 'for.' Last word on page 151 'win,' type undamaged (earlier 'can,' with 'win' damaged in 1912 editions.) Printer's card at base of copyright page with "N.Y." abbreviated (spelled out in 1912 editions). 'The End' on page 554 [sic; i.e. 564]"--Maclean.

"The Country Life Press, Garden City, N.Y."--T.p. verso.

Colored frontispiece and colored plates facing p. 134, 376 and 544.

"Books by Gene Stratton-Porter": Half-t.p. verso.

Local Notes:

Schimmel Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Caroline F. Schimmel.

Schimmel Collection copy has dated 20th-century ms. inscription ("The Grant Alumni Easter Greetings 1912") on verso of half-title leaf. The "Grant Alumni" are alumni of the Grant Hospital School of Nursing (Columbus, Ohio).

Schimmel Collection copy has autograph ("Maud Elsie Schriver.") of Maud (or Maude) Elsie Schriver (1885-1943), alumna of the class of 1908 of the Grant Hospital School of Nursing (Columbus, Ohio), on verso of frontispiece plate.

Cited in:

Maclean, D.G. Gene Stratton-Porter: a book collector's guide, 8(a)

OCLC:

288320