From the French of Georges Perrot and Charles Chipiez. Translated and edited by Walter Armstrong. London, 1883. Illustrated with 598 engravings in the text and 14 steel and colored plates.

 

First edition in dust jacket. With illustrations by the African-American artist Jacob Lawrence.

Kate Seredy, winner of multiple awards for children's books, was born in Hungary and emigrated to the U.S. in 1922. She wrote and illustrated a dozen books for children and illustrated fifty to sixty textbooks and children's books for various authors. Seredy spoke several languages, and traveled widely, but wrote in English. She was one of the first children's writers to deal with the problems of immigrants, and also, the effects of war on children.

Wife No. 19 by Eliza Ann Young. Eliza was 24 years old when she married Brigham Young, 67, the second president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Various accounts have also placed her as wife no. 27, or the 52nd woman to marry Young.
    After she divorced him, she lectured against polygamy, and was an advocate for women's rights. Some critics have painted her as a loose woman and sensationalist. The basis for a 1961 biography, The Twenty-Seventh Wife by Irving Wallace, and David Ebershoff's 2008 novel, The 19th Wife.

       


     We have a shelf full of Mark Twain, some of it old, some of it newer, and some first editions.

"The man who does not read books has no advantage over the man who can't read books" is a quote often attributed to Mark Twain, but no one has ever confirmed he said it. Nice quote, anyway!

You can contact us by email or phone (847-328-2132). If you have many books to sell, a list is often helpful to us, with title, author, publisher, date -- and if a 20th/21st century book -- the presence or absence of a dust jacket. The importance of a book, its physical condition, and the "collectibility" of a title, are other considerations. Consignment is an option with higher-priced books.

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