Out of the Question: A Comedy

Published by James R. Osgood and Company, Late Ticknor and Fields, and Fields, Osgood, and Company, Boston, MA, 1877

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Seller: Barry Cassidy Rare Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.Barry Cassidy Rare Books

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Original publisher's red-brown cloth binding. 4 1/2" x 6." 183 pages, complete. Gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Impressed decorations on front and back covers. Former ownership inscription on front flyleaf: "For Willie, with sillious (?) love. Oct. 30th, '77." Pages are clean; binding is tight. A very clean copy. Referenced in the Bibliography of American Literature (BAL) 9575. William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was an American novelist, literary critic, and playwright nicknamed "The Dean of American Letters." This is a romantic comedy about a steamboat engineer named Blake who tries to win the hand of the lady aristocrat, Leslie. Five parts: "In the Parlor of the Ponwasset Hotel," "'In the Fayre Forest,'" "A Slight Misunderstanding," "Mrs. Murray's Triumph," "Blake Saving Doubt," and "Mr. Charles Bellingham's Diplomacy.".

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Title
Out of the Question: A Comedy
Author
Howells, W. D.
Publisher
James R. Osgood and Company, Late Ticknor and Fields, and Fields, Osgood, and Company, Boston, MA
Publication year
1877
Condition
Very Good
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
1st Edition
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Drama, Literature, U.S. History

Barry Cassidy Rare Books

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