FROM 18 TO 20. A Novel. (From Eighteen To Twenty.)

Sellers, Elizabeth Jaudon

Published by Lippincott, Philadelphia, 1888

About this Item

12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 3rd edition, 1888, stated. A Very Good copy. 12mo., 195, (8), pp., with 8 pages of ads at the rear. Bound in the publisher's decorated maroon cloth with title an illustration on the spine and front board in white and black ink. Top edge gilt. Patterned end papers. Light shelf wear to the lower edges, and very light soiling to the rear board. A Very Good + copy of a scarce title. *** 18 to 20 was issued by Lippincott in 1888, the first edition sold out two days after publication, and a second run sold out before delivery. ' The risqué novel is full of love as seen from the ante and the post matrimonial standpoint, and of course has to do with the erotic fortune of a lovely damsel at that poetical period of feminine life. The author is herself only 18 or 20, and is a popular figure in the fashionable Philadelphia set.' - paraphrased from an 1888 The Tennessean article. ***. Seller Inventory # 011827

Bibliographic Details

Title: FROM 18 TO 20. A Novel. (From Eighteen To ...

Publisher: Lippincott, Philadelphia

Publication Date: 1888

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 3rd Edition.