Frances M Whitcher (90 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Nd. Hardcover. Light blue cloth stamped in black. 228pp + 2pp ads. Decorative "Arlington Edition." G+. Hinges cracking. Leaves mod+ edge browned wi/out crumbling. Light-mod cv staining. Tight. Stamping still fairly bright. No marks.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. No date given. Arlington Edition. No dust jacket. Cover bumped with a little rubbing. Slight spine lean. Erase marks on front end page. Pages browning. Very Good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Publisher's decorated brown cloth with gilt spine label, 12mo, pp. v, 241 plus publisher's ads. No publication date listed but circa 1880s. Floral patterned end papers. Previous owner name on front paste down. GOOD condition with a neat vertical tear at bottom of free front end paper. Pages are toned with age, as is common with this publisher's "Oxford Edition" series.…

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. New York: Hurst & Co., 1888. Undated, ca. 1888. Arlington Edition. Attractive copy in Victorian binding, deep royal blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt and in black. Extremities lightly rubbed with chipping to the spine head, some fairly subtle spine fading, good hinges (front hinge just starting), very firm text block, age-toned but clean pages with a name and 1888 date on the front free endpaper, no other markings. Hard Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Later. Good Browned with writing, creasing on end paper. Name on end paper. Light wear on hinge. Back board lightly bowed. Boards rubbed, fading, with wear. Corners and spine ends fraying with light wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. intro by Alice B Neal. Corners sl bumped, a little pulled at spine ends, some soil, one name erased ffep, another in innk, and in pencil a note that says From Ruby and Otto Dec 25, 1920. Very good.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: VG-minus. No Jacket. Pub by Oakley & Mason, 1867 NOT exLib. VG-minus cond. hardcover, no dj. Original green cloth over bds w/ bright gilt lettering on spine. Slight loss to head of backstrip, & light bumping & edgewear to exterior. Slight spine-lean. Beautiful patina. Hinges barely starting but holding well. P/O's info on first blank page, o/w book is unmarked. Pages only slightly stiff w/ age but perfectly readable. Binding lightly shaken but holding well. Illustrated in b&w. 403pp. Same or next day shipping. Please email any questions.…

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

hardcover. Condition: good. Introduction by Alice B. Neal. Plates. 12mo, original green cloth, spine ends and edges of corners worn, corners bumped, scattered light foxing, mostly to margins, many pages slightly wavy. New York: Oakley and Mason, 1869. A humorous novel.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good Minus. 403pp First pub'd 1855. Illus. with plates by Dallas. Cover wear. Lacks bottom 2" of spine, top of spine frayed. Some foxing. (loc x133/1).

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

Condition: New.

Full Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Lovely full stamped black and gilt brown cloth, light wear, slightly age toned, titled on the cover "household edition". [1856]. Pages slightly age toned. Previous owner's name on the title page. Overall in EXCELLENT condition. Frances Miriam "Berry" Whitcher (1811 - 1852) was an American humorist, born in Whitestown, New York. Whitcher may have been the first significant woman prose humorist in the United States. Frances was born in upstate New York. She lived a fairly sheltered life, and was very close to her family. She was often ill, but managed to find the ridiculous in everyday life. At the age of 35, she married Rev. Benjamin W. Whitcher of Elmira, New York in 1847. She had to put herself more into the public eye as a minister's wife. Whitcher's keen observations of those around her were an unending source of materials for her sketches. Those she wrote about soon saw themselves in her prose, and this caused friction with her husband's parishoners. This may have caused him to lose his position in the church. She contributed poems to the Saturday Gazette and Godey's Lady's Book during the 1840s. Her humorous creation, The Widow Bedott, made her a celebrity. The characters she developed helped her satirize gentility, including issues such as fashion, social status, courtship, and hypocrisy. In 1855, The Widow Bedott Papers, was gathered from her writings and published in book form, featuring her chief character, the comic fool The Widow Bedott. Afterwards, David R. Locke fashioned a coarsely amusing play from it. Consult the memoir by M. L. W. Whitcher in Frances M. Whitcher's Widow Spriggins (New York, 1867). Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover.…

1st Edition in this form. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked, blind-bordered cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 403 pages; Description: 403 p. Front. , plates. 19 cm. Subjects: Widows--Fiction. Notes: Publisher's ads to the rear. 1 Kg. …

1st Edition in this form. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked, blind-bordered cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 403 pages; Description: 403 p. Front. , plates. 19 cm. Subjects: Widows--Fiction. Notes: Publisher's ads to the rear. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Brown cloth on boards with elaborate blind stamped geometric decorations to front and rear and gilt lettering and botanical decorations, somewhat faded, to spine. Book is mostly tight, square, relatively sharp-cornered and free of major flaws, other than 20 page signature in middle slightly loose, general wear to boards, and minor foxing to first few pages. The first volume of the posthumously published collected satirical sketches of France M. Whitcher (aka Miriam Berry) (1814-1852), whose series "The Widow Bedott's Table-Talk" was originally published under the pen-name "Frank" in the "Saturday Gazette and Lady's Literary Museum" from 1846 to 1850. A second volume of her works, "Widow Spriggins, Mary Elmer, and Other Sketches," was published in 1867 with an introduction by M.L. Ward Whitcher. Whitcher was one of the first female American humorist and this collection contains sharp critiques of the social conventions of the early 19th century.…

Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book represents an incisive and humorous look at mid-19th century American society and culture, specifically concerning the life of the rural widow, Prissilly Bedott, whose observations on love, loss, widowhood, and the struggle for women to interact with society on their own terms provide a fascinating glimpse into a life rarely recorded in historical literature. The author uses Bedott's wry wit and pointed, often self-deprecating, observations to highlight the difficulties faced by widows who, though primarily dependent on men for social and financial support, often found themselves forced to navigate life's challenges alone. This results in a rich tapestry of tales and insights that reflect not only on the struggles and prejudices of the time but also showcase the tenacity and resilience of women in the face of adversity. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. xix, [2], 22-403, [7] p., [7] leaves of plates : frontis., ill. ; 19 cm. ; LC: PZ3.W5813 ; OCLC: 123953199 ; brown blind stamped cloth with gold decorations on spine ; Contents: Hezekiah Bedott -- The Widow Essays Poetry -- Widow Jenkins' Animosity -- Mr. Crane Walks In -- The Widow Discourses Or Pumpkins -- The Widow Loses Hes Beau -- Mr. Crane About To Propose -- Mr Crane Walks Out -- The Widow "sets Her Cap" -- The Widow Resolves To Leave Wiggletown -- The Widow Trades With A Peddler -- The Widow And Aunt Maguire Discourse On Various Topics -- The Widow Having Heard That Elder Sniffles Is Sick, Writes To Him -- The Widow Resorts To Elder Sniffles For Religious Instruction -- The Widow Concludes To Publish -- The Widow Prepares To Receive Elder Sniffles On Thanksgiving-day -- The Widow Retires To A Grove In The Rear Of Elder Sniffles' House -- The Widow Writes To Her Daughter, Mrs. Jupiter Smith -- The Rev. Mrs. Sniffles Abroad -- The Rev. Mrs. Sniffles At Home -- The Rev. Mrs. Sniffles Expresses Her Sentiments In Regard To The Parsonage -- Aunt Maguire's Experience -- Aunt Maguire's Description Of The Donation Party -- Aunt Maguire Treats Of The Contemplated Sewing Society At Scrabble Hill -- Aunt Maguire Continues Her Account Of The Sewing Society -- Aunt Maguire's Visit To Slabtown -- Visit To Slabtown Continued -- Mrs. Maguire's Account Of Deacon Whipple -- Mrs. Mudlaw's Recipe For Potato Pudding -- Morning Calls ; Or, Every Body's Particular Friend ; foxed ; repair to endpapers ; FAIR. Book.…

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