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Second impression of the first UK edition, published in the same year as the first (1911) - much scarcer than the first American edition, published by Houghton Mifflin, Boston & New York. Unusually for a work of fiction, the book includes a foldout map at the front, showing 'The Valley and Piedmont Virginia' and 'Region of the Seven Days' Fighting'. ***A very good copy in blue decorative cloth-covered boards with black titles to the spine and front board. The boards are quite clean, but there is a stain mark on the back board (please see scans). No bumps, creases or tears - just some fraying at the corners of the top of the spine and light creasing to the head and tail of the spine. Corners sharp. Top edge of page block darkened. No reading lean to the binding. The binding is fragile but no obvious splitting. Spine tight. Internally also very good with a period ownership inscription: 'E. H. Taylor, Xmas 1934' in ink on the front free endpaper. Very thin paper stock used but no serious creases or tears - just a few small nicks and creases and a paper cutting fault to the bottom corner of preliminary page vii (please see scans). Hardly any foxing, just affecting some gutters of preliminary pages. Endpapers browned, and there is off-setting to pp.82-3 where a newspaper cutting most likely resided - pages otherwise clean. No significant creases or tears. No dustwrapper. ***194mm x 130mm. 668 pages with an interesting 24pp period set of publisher's adverts at the back of the book (some pages uncut). ***'Mary Johnston (Nov 21, 1870 - May 9, 1936) was an American novelist and women's rights advocate from Virginia. She was one of America's best selling authors during her writing career and had three silent films adapted from her novels. Johnston was also an active member of the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia, using her writing skills and notability to draw attention to the cause of women's suffrage in Virginia. Johnston wrote historical books and novels that often combined romance with history. Her first book, "Prisoners of Hope" (1898), dealt with colonial times in Virginia as did her second novel, "To Have and to Hold" (1900), and later, "Sir Mortimer" (1904). "The Goddess of Reason" (1907) uses the theme of the French Revolution, and in "Lewis Rand" (1908) the author portrayed political life at the dawn of the 19th century. To Have and to Hold was serialized in The Atlantic Monthly in 1899 and published in book form 1900, by Houghton Mifflin. The book proved enormously popular and was the bestselling novel in the United States in 1900. Johnston's next work, titled "Audrey", was the fifth bestselling book in the U.S. in 1902, and "Sir Mortimer", serialized in Harper's Monthly magazine from November 1903 through April 1904, was published in 1904. ***Her best-selling 1911 novel on the American Civil War, "The Long Roll", brought Johnston into open conflict with Stonewall Jackson's widow, Mary Anna Jackson. Beyond her native America, Johnston's novels were also very popular in Canada and in England.' (Wiki) ***A second impression of the true first edition, published in 1911, and retaining the fragile foldout map - a nice copy of this scarce work - a novel set in the American Civil War. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.
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