Infelice (in decorated cloth)
New York: A.L. Burt, (1903). Reissue. Hardcover, octavo size in ribbed blue-green cloth lettered in white and black with red and black flora design and a tipped on portrait sketch. 572 pp. plus 6 pp. publisher's ads at rear. Front cover sketch and frontispiece plate from drawings by J. J. Walton Davis. Reissue circa 1903-06 (pencil gift inscription dated Christmas , 1906 on the front free endpaper) of the novel first published in 1875. Generally fine with just a hint of wear at the extremities. A work of domestic fiction that was popular in the period after the Civil War with themes of personal integrity and dramatic personal suffering, and ethical choices in the face of hardship. Item #E36825
Price: $22.00