Octavo, dark blue cloth covers, stamped in blind, and black; and gilt on spine, 448 pages. Bottom front corner bumped; wear at cover edges. Front hinge starting. Inscribed by the author on the title page: " _____, with the regards of the author". Wright American Fiction, V. 3 (1876-1900). From the Prefatory Note: "The scenes of the following tales are in the Western Reserve, and the time forty or fifty years ago, in the transition period between the Pioneers and the Present." Riddle was also a U.S. Representive from Ohio's 19th district, and later was retained by the State Department to prosecute one of the accomplices to the murder of Abraham Lincoln. 100403A Ohio, Western Reserve.

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Title

THE HOUSE OF ROSS and Other Tales.

Publisher

Hall and Whiting, Publishers, Boston

Publication Date

1881

Binding

hardcover

Edition

first edition.

Condition

Good +

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Signed by Author(s)

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Fiction

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Established in 1984, Alkahest Bookshop took over the space and stock of the Atheneum Bookstore on Central St. in Evanston, IL. For many years we were a partner in Chicago Rare Book Center, which closed in 2017. We are now on-line, and have a select general stock, with large sections on U.S. history, art, and literature. We are members of the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association (MWABA) and IOBA.

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