Buy this book on-line Higginson, Thomas Wentworth : Book and Heart: Essays on Literature and LifeHarper and Brothers Publishers, New York, 1897
Original publisher's red cloth binding. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4." 237 pages, complete. A couple unopened pages of advertisements for other books in the back. Gilt decorations on front cover. Gilt lettering and decorations on spine. Gilt decoration on back cover. Top edge gilt. Former ownership inscription in pencil on front free endpaper: "Christmas gift from my three daughters, 1897, S. C. Gale." Pages and covers are clean. Binding is tight. A very clean copy. Noted in the Bibliography of American Literature (BAL), no. 8417. Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1823-1911) was an American author and minister. He advocated for abolition, women's rights, and the rights of other disenfranchised people. In this book, Higginson discusses various topics in several essays divided into two sections, "Literature" and "Life." Under "Literature," Higginson's essays include "A Keats Manuscript," "Local Fiction," and "The Foe to Eloquence." Under "Life," Higginson discusses "The Cant of Cosmopolitanism," "Anglomania and Anglophobia," and "The Future of a Polite Society," among other topics relating to class, ethnicity, and society as a whole.. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Higginson, Thomas Wentworth : Book and Heart: Essays on Literature and Life. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres anciens, livres illustrées, incunabula, out of print books and antiquarian books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |