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(HOWE). RICHARDS, LAURA E. AND MAUD HOWE ELLIOTT. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910. Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1915. 1st ed.  2 vols. 8vo. [8], 392; [6], 434 pp. Index. 25 plates and fascimiles, plus an orig. manuscript leaf. Orig. buckram-backed boards, leather labels, dull. Collector's bookplate. In the original box with printed paper label, somewhat worn. $300.00

 

The large-paper edition, one of 450 numbered copies. BAL 9530: "...contains so much material by Mrs. Howe here first published that it may properly be considered a primary production." The manuscript leaf pertains to the rights of women, a cause which Mrs. Howe led for more than sixty years. An excellent set of handsomely produced work.