Out of the Question: A Comedy
Published by James R. Osgood and Company, Late Ticknor and Fields, and Fields, Osgood, and Company, Boston, MA, 1877
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Barry Cassidy Rare Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.Barry Cassidy Rare Books
AbeBooks seller since May 27, 2013
Condition: Used - Very good
US$ 37.50
Quantity: 1 available
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Original publisher's red-brown cloth binding. 4 1/2" x 6." 183 pages, complete. Gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Impressed decorations on front and back covers. Former ownership inscription on front flyleaf: "For Willie, with sillious (?) love. Oct. 30th, '77." Pages are clean; binding is tight. A very clean copy. Referenced in the Bibliography of American Literature (BAL) 9575. William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was an American novelist, literary critic, and playwright nicknamed "The Dean of American Letters." This is a romantic comedy about a steamboat engineer named Blake who tries to win the hand of the lady aristocrat, Leslie. Five parts: "In the Parlor of the Ponwasset Hotel," "'In the Fayre Forest,'" "A Slight Misunderstanding," "Mrs. Murray's Triumph," "Blake Saving Doubt," and "Mr. Charles Bellingham's Diplomacy.".
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Out of the Question: A Comedy
- Author
- Howells, W. D.
- Publisher
- James R. Osgood and Company, Late Ticknor and Fields, and Fields, Osgood, and Company, Boston, MA
- Publication year
- 1877
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Seller catalogs
- Drama, Literature, U.S. History
Barry Cassidy Rare Books
Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since May 27, 2013
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Barry Cassidy Rare Books
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