Life and Letters of Elizabeth L Comstock (inc. Signed Studio Photograph of Comstock & Her Daughter, Carrie )(INC: Early Impressions of Canada; Home Life in Michigan; Fugitive Slave Law; Visits to Prisons and Staten Island; Visit to President Lincoln; etc)

Hare, C ( Caroline ) ( Elizabeth L [ Leslie Rous ] Comstock )

Published by London, UK / Philadelphia, PA: Headley Brothers / John C Winston, 1895, 1st Edition, First Printing, UK and USA, 1895

About this Item

-----------( 1st printing of the First Edition ) ---hardcover, blue cloth with gilt lettering to front board and spine, a solid Very Good to Very Good+ example, a bit of light wear and rubbing, small nick to cloth on rear panel, former owner's bookplate on verso of front board ( S L Foster of PICTON, Ontario ), a bit of foxing to some pages ---laid into this copy is a studio photo of Comstock and her daughter Carrie, measures about 4w x 6.5h inches, a Very Good+ example, it appears that the photo has been signed on the verso by Comstock in what must have been an elderly shaky hand, I cannot say 100% that the signature is by Comstock but there are definite similarities between it and the printed signature on the COMSTOCK frontispiece, ---laid into this copy as well is a funeral card for Sarah Lear wife of W J Foster (likely related to the Foster on the bookplate) and also a 1916 Valentine's day card sent to Mrs. LYDIA HUBBSby M B TOPPING in care of E C GARBUTT (all who were members of the Picton (Belleville) Religious Society of Friends' ( Quakers ) ---COMSTOCK was a Michigan prison reformer and abolitionist who became a Quaker minister in Belleville in 1854 (and then re-located to Michigan ), she ran the ROLLIN station in the UNDERGROUND RAILWAY, ministered in hospitals and camps during the Civil War, ---contents include: Early Years 1815-1829; Life as a Teacher - Marriage 1829-1850; Residence in Bakewell, Derbyshire - Voyage to America 1850-1854; Early Impressions of canada 1854-1857; Second Marriage - Fugitive Slave law 1858; Home Life in Michigan 1858-1861; Philanthropic Labours 1861-1862; Incidents of the American War 1862-1863; Visits to Prisons and Staten Island 1862-1863; Further Incidents of the War 1863-1864; Visit to President Lincoln 1864; Visit to Joliet Prison 1864; Journey to Winchester 1864-1865; Letters - Travels to Indian Territory - General Meeting - Conference 1865-1868; Papers Written for American "Herald of Peace" 1868; Gospel labours - Return to England 1868-1873; Sunday School Conference - Address on Temperance 1874; Second Voyage to America - Home Life 1875-1879; Work among the Freedmen in Kansas 1879-1880; Further Labours in Kansas 1880; Settlements of Freedmen - Interview with President garfield 1881-1883; Visit to England and return - Death of Her Husband 1883-1884; Removal to Union Springs 1885-1890; Visit to Florida - Illness and Death 1891, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo./// SIGNED PHOTO ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)------ Size: 5w x 7.25h Inches. Seller Inventory # 170710

Bibliographic Details

Title: Life and Letters of Elizabeth L Comstock (...

Publisher: London, UK / Philadelphia, PA: Headley Brothers / John C Winston, 1895, 1st Edition, First Printing, UK and USA

Publication Date: 1895

Binding: Hard Cover

Illustrator: Text Cover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as issued

Signed: Signed (see description)

Edition: First Edition.