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The king of Folly Island : and other people / by Sarah Orne Jewett.

Athenaeum of Philadelphia - American Imprints 1888 Jewett
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909.
Contributor:
Whitman, Sarah., Binding designer.
Houghton, Mifflin and Company., Publisher.
Riverside Press (Cambridge, Mass.)
American Imprints Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
United States--Social life and customs--19th century--Fiction.
United States.
New England--Social life and customs--Fiction.
New England.
Women--New England--Fiction.
Women.
Genre:
Pictorial cloth bindings (Binding) -- 1888.
Publishers' advertisements -- 1888.
Physical Description:
339 p. ; 18 cm.
Place of Publication:
Boston ; New York : Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1888.
Contents:
The king of Folly Island
The courting of Sister Wisby
The landscape chamber
Law lane
Miss Peck's promotion
Miss Tempy's watchers
A village shop
Mère Pochette.
Notes:
"The Riverside Press, Cambridge: electrotyped and printed by H.O. Houghton & Co."--T.p. verso.
Publisher's device on t.p.
Includes 12 p. of publisher's advertisements at end.
Local Notes:
Athenaeum copy: Bound in green cloth, three piece binding style, stamped in black on front and gold on spine; cover design attributed to Sarah Wyman Whitman.
Athenaeum's copy stamped on t.p.: "Received Jun 4 1888."
Cited in:
BAL, 10890
Wright, L.H. Amer. fiction, 1876-1900, 2976
Allen, Sue. Decorated cloth in America, p. 99

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