Antique (1844) Letters Of Martha Smith, With A Short Memoir of her Life.
Rare 19th-century volume. Martha Brown Smith (1787-1841), a Quaker minister from Plumstead Township, Pennsylvania. Piercy and Reed, Printers - located at No. 9 Spruce-Street, New York. Compiled and published posthumously by a close circle of her friends. 19th-century full leather binding. Surface texture and wear pattern are highly characeristic of aged sheepskin leather. Cover shows significant handling wear, surface abrasions, and a natural darkened patina from skin oils, especially toward the bottom edges.
Victorian Era Memoir. Binding is cracked inside, boards intact. Pages show foxing + discoloration. Distress + discoloration to cover. Part of tag missing on spine. Full Leather Binding. Marth Smith is buried in the Plumstead Friends Meeting Burial Ground. Corners and edges are heavily rubbed down, but the boards themselves are structurally intact. First Edition. Quaker Memoir. Early American Quaker Ministry.
Measurements : 5.75" x 3.75" x .75"
Pages : 230
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Antique (1844) Letters Of Martha Smith, With A Short Memoir of her Life.
Rare 19th-century volume. Martha Brown Smith (1787-1841), a Quaker minister from Plumstead Township, Pennsylvania. Piercy and Reed, Printers - located at No. 9 Spruce-Street, New York. Compiled and published posthumously by a close circle of her friends. 19th-century full leather binding. Surface texture and wear pattern are highly characeristic of aged sheepskin leather. Cover shows significant handling wear, surface abrasions, and a natural darkened patina from skin oils, especially toward the bottom edges.
Victorian Era Memoir. Binding is cracked inside, boards intact. Pages show foxing + discoloration. Distress + discoloration to cover. Part of tag missing on spine. Full Leather Binding. Marth Smith is buried in the Plumstead Friends Meeting Burial Ground. Corners and edges are heavily rubbed down, but the boards themselves are structurally intact. First Edition. Quaker Memoir. Early American Quaker Ministry.
Measurements : 5.75" x 3.75" x .75"
Pages : 230
Price Includes Shipping.
