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Lot 264
Sale 1097 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
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Nov 8, 2022
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Lot Description
HOWE, Julia Ward (1819-1910). From Sunset Ridge Poems Old and New. Boston & New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1899.
8vo. (Some light toning.) Original navy cloth-backed boards gilt(slight wear to extremities, some minor soiling); folding case. Provenance: Mr. W.E. Ambler, judge (inscription). Early Reprint. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY HOWE: "At the request of Mr. W.E. Ambler, I with my name in this volume, belonging to him. Julia Ward Howe Jan. 4th 1903."
[Tipped in to the front pastedown:] HOWE. Autograph quotation signed ("Julia Ward Howe"): "The steady spheres of God outvie The fitful meteors of the brain; These may be wanting to our need, To those we never look in vain. Julia Ward Howe Boston. Dec. 31st 1888."
The Library of John Leonard Gillis Sold to Support the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto
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