House and Home
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1865. 1st ed. Hardcover. 333p. Original purple cloth (now faded to brown). 18 cm. Backstrip has a with small "S" written in black ink in center, perhaps for Sheffield.. Splitting allong hinge area on front cover has been glued down resulting in some warping of front cover. Gift inscription to Sheffield Friendly Union (in Sheffield, Mass.) on blank page following front free endpaper. 1 signature lightly pulled.. Mostly light staining in margins on some batches of pages. One of the three books by Stowe published under the name Christopher Crowfield. The book contains a collection of works on housekeeping, home life, domestic economy, etc. many of which are supposedly told from the viewpooint of a husband. These writings were originally published in issues of the Atlantic Monthly in 1864. BAL's binding variant A. Good. Item #95734
Price: $40.00