Distaff and Spindle

Townsend, Mary Ashley

Published by J.B. Lippincott, Philadelphia, 1895

About this Item

Hardcover, small 8vo., (measuring 7 ¾ x 6 ¼ inches), in green publisher's cloth with pictorial design in gilt to front board and spine. X-Library with small paper label to spine and withdrawn sticker within. Printed on van gelder type paper, with top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Unpaginated, containing 69 poems, (blanks verso.) Condition Very Good Plus, with some spotting to rear board. Small amount of sunning to boards and spine. Interior is bright, clean and square. The author Mary Ashley Townsend, (1836-1901), was originally from upstate New York, but resettled after her marriage to New Orleans, where her career as a writer began. She wrote under the penname of Xariffa, publishing humorous stories and poems in the southern and western press to some acclaim. The highlights of her career were the delivery of the opening poem to the New Orleans Exposition in 1884. She was also nominated to the Mexican literary society, the Liceo Hidalgo. Seller Inventory # 8454

Bibliographic Details

Title: Distaff and Spindle

Publisher: J.B. Lippincott, Philadelphia

Publication Date: 1895

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good Plus

Edition: First Edition.