Brigham G Richardson (2 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Publisher's original stapled gray wrappers, octavo, pp. 48. Frontispiece portrait and 5 other black and white illustrations as called for, including woodblock on pamphlet's rear. Publisher's leaflet laid in. FAIR-only with areas of sunning and abrasion on the front panel and soiling akin to shelf-slide on rear panel. The wrappers around the staples have worn through. A one-inch tear with no loss, front panel top-edge downward near spine, that could be mended with a piece of tape quite easily by a steadier hand than we possess. Book is protected now in a clear Ultra-Pro sleeve. A scarce item, both in trade and institutional holdings, with a 2024 OCLC search returning Harvard and RISD only.…

Wraps. Presumed first edition/first printing. 180, [4] p. Includes illustrations. Printed by The Boothbay Register, Boothbay Harbor, Maine. As the inside front cover states: "This is an unusual book. It presents the life, character, and activities of a people who have done much to colonize the world, and at length to win their own independence. The writer of this book is also an unusual person, who has studied, written and lectured onher visits to nearly all Countries, and now pays tribute to Ireland.The book was written in Ireland durina two year stay, and is full of little incidents that show, as no other book has done, the life and thought of our good friends, the Irish people. Good. Signed by author. Cover has some wear and soiling. Signed on fep. Signature of previous owner at bottom of fep. Rockwell, Frederic (Drawings), and Hayden, Palmer (illustrator).…