From Hedgehog's Whimsey BOOKS etc., Newport, NH, U.S.A.
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Black cloth over boards, 4 horizontal gold lines, 'Memorial' in gold on cover. 2 p. l., [3]-146 p., 21 cm. Steel engraving portrait frontispiece of subject. Brown repeat-pattern scallop end papers. Born in Candia NH, 1822, and wed at age 22 to her childhood friend, Frederick Smyth (1819-1899), Emily Lane Smyth was a teacher, knowledgeable in business, a gardener, a hostess for her husband's public affairs visitors, a world traveler, and a charity worker. Following her January 1885 death to Bright's Disease, letters of condolance came from far and near, including from the Secretary of the Navy, the Henry Ward Beechers, Mary A Livermore, and many more. All are included here, with an account of her life and comments by her minister. This is an original Memorial volume with a full page steel engraving of Emily Lane Smyth, from a photo taken at 'The Willows', Feb. 20, 1882, with her facsimile signature beneath, protected by tissue. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. High quality text paper. Qtr-inch cover hole through fabric in front spine fold. 1 0.0. Seller Inventory # Alibris.95530002872
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Title: Discourses and Letters Commemorative of ...
Publisher: John B. Clarke, Printer., Manchester, N.H.
Publication Date: 1885
Binding: Hard cover
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