A New Atmosphere
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1865. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [1] (page of publisher's advertisements), [2], 310, [4] pp. Brown cloth with pink lettering on the spine; all edges decoratively stained red. Title page in red and black. ANB, Louise L. Stevenson, "Dodge, Mary Abigail". BAL 4710. Second state, with four of Hamilton (Dodge's) titles listed on the publisher's advertisement. A proto-feminist writing: Mary Abigail Dodge grew up in an upper-middle class New England household. She believed women ought to receive equal educational and employment oppportunities as men. She argued for a reduction in the expected domestic duties of a woman. Dodge was also an abolitionist and a supporter of the Civil War. However, she did not support women's suffrage. A complicated nineteenth-century reform text. Very Good. Item #00009565
A Very Good book with minor fading to the spine and the rear hinge tender (binding firm and secure); leaves show an occasional, small dog-ear.
Price: $75.00