Search Results: glimpses of fifty years by frances e willard

Chicago: H.J. Smith & Co., 1889 Book. Fair. Three-Quarter Leather. Front board is loose but present; scuffs, scrapes and chips on leather; rub marks and normal scuffs on cloth; most of spine strip chipped off; bevelled edges; gilt page edges; text block is clean and readable. 698 pages..

H. J. Smith & Co.. Collectible - Acceptable. First edition copy. Collectible - Acceptable. Reading copy only. Front hinge cracked. Rear hinge broken. Short gifter's inscription on inside. Slightly dampstained.

Nabu Press, 2011-08-16. Paperback. Good.

NY: Source Book Press. VG ex-library. (1970). Facsimile. Unabridged replication of 1889 Chicago edition. Discard & library markings. Very tight sturdy copy. .

Chicago, IL: H. J. Smith & Co.. Used-Acceptable/NO DUSTJACKET. (1889). ........ LeatherBound. Sm 4to., 698, 6 pp., cover rubbed, frayed, leather cracking, covers loose, page toning .

Chicago, IL: H. J. Smith & Co.. G/NO DUSTJACKET. (1889). ........ Hardcover. Sm 4to., 698, 6 pp., worn & blunted binding tips, edges & corners, cracked front & rear cover hinges, a few worn interior hinges .

Women's Temperance Publication A, 1889-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 1.1102 9.1299 6.5709.

Boston MA.: Woman's Temperance Publication Association / Geo. M Smith., 1889. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket. Spine end wear. End paper torn at spine joint, 2-inches down, front.. 1 698 p. Includes illustrations. Olive green decorated cloth over boards; Silver stamped titles, cover, gold globes, black line art home. Spine: Gold title box, silver lily pad. 6.25x9.25in. Appendix: Ancestry p. 1-6 at back. Stitched binding. The author became the leader of the 200000-strong Woman's Christian Temperance Union during the19th century, after a career in teaching. In the WCTU's 15th year, and Willard's 50th, members wanted her to write this book of her life, and about WCTU. They wanted a truthful rendition. Illustrations: Steel engraving of Willard; 5 photogravures; Reproductions from Photographs and Aquarelles (23); 2 Lithographs; Pen and Ink Sketches (29).

Chicago et al: HJ Smith. Fair. 24 x 17cm. Hardcover. 1889. 704 pages. Front cover loose. Shelf wear. Bookplate .

Chicago : Woman's Temperance Publication Association , 1889. Hardcover Hardcover. Fair. Fair Hardcover with No DJ. Cover is partially discolored. Cover is rubbed along edges and corners. Corners bumped. Cover has small tear. Moderate soil to cover from dust and dirt. Spine has damage. Binding loose. Pages yellowed, otherwise clean. Pictures Available Upon Request.

Chicago: H. J. Smith & Company; Women's Temperance Publication Association. VERY GOOD. Binding sound. Covers bright. Slight wear to spine tips and corners. Owner's stamp.. 1889. Original binding. Handsome gree cloth hardcover with gilt and silver decorative stamping to spine and front cover. Decorative endpapers. Frontispiece with tissue protector. Many steel engravings with tissue protectors throughout. 704pp.

Chicago: Woman's Temperance Publication Association / H. J. Smith & Co., 1889. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, uncommon full leather binding, which was an expensive upgrade from the more common cloth or half leather editions. Front and spine are ornately decorated in bright gilt and silver, boards are beveled and blind stamped. Decorated end pages and front and rear and all exterior page edges are gilt. Unfortunately, the front board is held on only by several sections of the binder string and appears there may have been attempt to repair the leather with glue at one point. Internal hinges at boards have a strip of white cloth reinforcement which may have also been added at a later date. Despite the rough exterior the internal binding is good and text pages are tight. Pages are toned due to age but are clean except for the end pages which have some smudge marks. No signatures or bookplates, no… Read More

H. J. Smith & Co., 1889-01-01. Hardcover. Good. . Ex-library copy with usual markings. Rebacked spine, cover shows moderate wear and tear, edgewear and rubbing. A few pages loose and chipped, pages are mostly clean.

Chicago: h. j. smith and co, 1889. Hard cover. Poor. No dust jacket. 2 covers with book but not attatched. 698 p. written by order of the national woman's christrian temperance union; introduction by hannah whitall smith

H. J. Smith & Co., 1889-01-01. Hardcover. Good. . Shelf-cocked half-leather cover with gilt decoration shows minor wear and rubbing, soiling. Illustrated endpapers. All edges gilt. Pages are lightly tanned and mostly clean.

H. J. Smith & Co., 1889. Book. Illus. by black and white photographs and illustrations. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Name of former owner on front end page in blue ink, and dated inscription by the author, Frances Willard, on the frontis-piece below her portrait. Pages are age tanned, but copy is otherwise unmarked. Covers are embossed with gold, silver and black, and show some rubbing and normal shelf wear.

H. J. Smith & Co., 1889-01-01. Hardcover. Good. . Ex-library copy with usual markings. Cover and edges shows shelf wear and minor tanning. Pages shows minor tanning.

H. J. Smith & Co., 1889-01-01. Hardcover. Good. . Illustrated green cloth cover with gilt shows minor wear and rubbing, soiling. Gift inscription/writing on the front endpaper. Pages are lightly tanned.

(Source Book Press, rpt, 1970). Complete, unabridged republication of 1889 Chicago edition. Intro. by Hannah Whitall Smith. Hardback. Slight darkening / light marking to red boards, otherwise very good. xvi + 698pp.

1889. WILLARD, Frances E. Glimpses of Fifty Years. The Autobiography of an American Woman. Chicago: Published by the Women's Tempreance Puclication Association H.J, Smith & Co., [1889]. 1st ed. xvi,698pp. Portrait frontis., illus., portraits, plates. Orig. pictorial cloth. Very good or better. Frances E. Willard (1839-1898) was a temperance activist and suffrage leader, serving as president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. With Mary A. Livermore, she wrote Woman of the Century (1893). According to Hannah Whitall Smith's introduction, "How this story came to be told is as follows: As President for nearly ten years of the...National Woman's Christian Temperance Union...Willard has won a love and loyalty that no other woman. I think, has ever before possessed. It was natural that the many members of this widespread organization...should desire to read the story of her life, and for some time she has been besieged with requests to write her own biography" Introduction by Hannah Whitall Smith, p.vi.