Husbands and Homes
New York: Sheldon and Company, 1865.
First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Good+ with no dust jacket. Item #16324
Library REBIND with library stamps/marks/labels/pocket, random foxing, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Collection of short fiction, containing Nobody to Blame; Leah Moore's Trial; Homespun and Velvet; Two Ways of Keeping a Wife; How They Do It; and A Hasty Speech and What Came of It. Lyle H Wright; American Fiction 1851-1875: A Contribution toward a Bibliography; II, 2445. Her stories provide practical advice and insightful commentary on marriage, domestic life, and the role of women in creating harmonious homes. Virginia-born author Marion Harland wrote women's fiction early in her career, including monthly contributions to Godey's Lady's Book, before switching to nonfiction after the Civil War with her bestselling Common Sense in the Household cookbook and housekeeping advice. First Edition, First Printing of Harland's first collection of shiort fiction. ; Ex-Library; 390, 4 ad pages.
Price: $39.95