The Jerusalem Delivered of Torquato Tasso Popular Classics Series. Translated into English Spenserian Verse With Life of the Author

Wiffen, J. H.

Published by Hurst & Co n.d., New York

12mo. 493 pages. Decorated brown cloth hardcover with title on the spine. Light edge wear to the cloth extremities. Damp staining to the back cover. Text is browned. title page slightly loose. Inscription written on the right front yellow end sheet reads - "Stephens Mitchell This was the book of my mother, Mrs Maybelle Stephens Mitchell." Stephens Mitchell bookplate is located on the front paste down. Provenance from the estate of the Mitchell family in Atlanta, Georgia. Stephens Mitchell (1896-1983) was the son of Eugene Muse Mitchell and Isabel "Maybelle" (Stephens) Mitchell. He was born 1896 in Atlanta. His sister was Margaret Mitchell, author of Gone With the Wind. Stephens Mitchell attended the University of Georgia and was a prominent Atlanta attorney, historian, and devout Catholic. He also edited the Atlanta Historical Bulletin. After John Marsh, husband of Margaret, died in 1952 Stephens became the executor of Margaret Mitchell's estate. Stephens Mitchell died in 1983 and the estate was passed on to his two sons Eugene Muse Mitchell II and Joseph Reynolds Mitchell. Seller Inventory # 28468

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Title: The Jerusalem Delivered of Torquato Tasso ...
Publisher: Hurst & Co n.d., New York
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fair