The Lady of Godey's: Sarah Josepha Hale
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1931. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], 7-318, [2] pp. Pale green cloth with blue lettering and blue and red decorations on the front board and spine; tan topstain. Colorful glossy illustrated endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $3.50 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with a color frontispiece and with color plates and plates done in black and white. A stirring biography of the editor of Godey's Lady's Book; here Finley writes about Hale's campaign for women's education and civil liberties, disguised in editorials printed within the magazine. The magazine itself was highly influential on women's fashion and culture in the nineteenth century. Near Fine / Very Good. Item #000015896
Jacket with some edge wear and rubbing, two tiny pieces of tape to its reverse.
Price: $125.00