"The South is stepping briskly back to its old time literary form-notably New Orleans. Mrs. Ruth McEnery Stuart, whose story 'A Golden Wedding," in the Christmas number of the Harper's Magazine is attracting so much attention, is a New Orleans woman. Her first story, 'Lamentations of Jeremiah, ' published by the Harpers, established her reputation as a story-teller of power and originality. In appearance Mrs. Stuart is tall and slender, dark eyes and hair. Her conversation is witty, vivacious and critical." -"Current ...
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"The South is stepping briskly back to its old time literary form-notably New Orleans. Mrs. Ruth McEnery Stuart, whose story 'A Golden Wedding," in the Christmas number of the Harper's Magazine is attracting so much attention, is a New Orleans woman. Her first story, 'Lamentations of Jeremiah, ' published by the Harpers, established her reputation as a story-teller of power and originality. In appearance Mrs. Stuart is tall and slender, dark eyes and hair. Her conversation is witty, vivacious and critical." -"Current Literature," Volume 4 * * * * * An excerpt from the beginning of the first story: A GOLDEN WEDDING IT was Christmas Eve in New Orleans, and the air was fragrant with the mingled perfume of sweet olive, violets, and roses, while lace curtains, floating in and out of second - story windows, caught and wafted into sunny chambers a hint of orange blossoms lured into untimely bloom by the treacherous wooing of a Southern December. So Christmas was coming to two old people who sat to-day on the front porch of a little hovel back of town. Each sat in front of a door, and they were separated by a board partition which divided the house into tenements. A man sat on one side, a woman on the other. Both were old, both black, both silent and contemplative. Though he sat back near his door, in the mingled shadow of the low roof and an orange-tree, we perceive at a glance that the old man was characterized, as to personal appearance, by conspicuous baldness, exaggerated in effect by a luxuriant growth of bushy white hair, which clung about his temples, extending in a low line around the back of his head. A scant, grizzly beard covered his face and chin, and he was apparently entirely toothless.
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Add this copy of Golden Wedding and Other Tales, a to cart. $14.95, fair condition, Sold by ABC Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Springfield, MO, UNITED STATES, published 1893 by Harper & Brothers.
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Fair. Published in 1898, light brown boards with gilt lettering and white and dark brown decoration to cover and spine. No dust jacket. Staining, rubbing, and fraying to boards. Bumping to corners. Discoloration to spine. Previous owner name to flyleaf. No other apparent marks. 3 of the plates are either loose or becoming so, two of which show little to no wear/tearing, other plate is torn/creased. Tracking available on most domestic orders.
Add this copy of A Golden Wedding and Other Tales to cart. $18.00, good condition, Sold by The Book House - Saint Louis rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from St. Louis, MO, UNITED STATES, published 1893 by Harper & Brothers.
Add this copy of A Golden Wedding: and Other Tales to cart. $18.75, fair condition, Sold by Second Story Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Rockville, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1893 by Harper & Brothers.
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Book. Octavo; G-; Hardcover; Spine, brown with gold print; Boards in brown cloth with gold print, mitred edges, mild wear to spine caps and corners, light toning to spine, light blemishes/shelfwear; Text block has tinted top edge, cracked hinges front and rear, frontispiece loose but not detached, spine break at p. 192, clean text; 366 pages, frontispiece, illustrated (b&w plates). 1352630. FP New Rockville Stock.
Add this copy of A Golden Wedding: and other tales to cart. $31.32, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2017 by Hansebooks.
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Add this copy of A Golden Wedding and Other Tales to cart. $35.00, very good condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1893 by Harper & Brothers Publishers.
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Very Good. First edition. Illustrated. Brown decorated cloth. Binding slightly soiled with modest edgewear, very good or better. A collection of short stories from this author known for featuring many black characters and writing stories in dialect.
Add this copy of A Golden Wedding and Other Tales to cart. $35.00, very good condition, Sold by First Landing Books & Art, Inc rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Virginia Beach, VA, UNITED STATES, published 1893 by Harper.
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Very Good in Not Issued jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. Very Good Light Brown Hard Cover With A Color Flora Decoration And Title Stamped In Gold Gilt. The Same Decoration And Title In Gilt On Top Of Spine. There Is A Previous Owner's Name Neatly On Fep. 1893 First Edition. 8 B/W Plates. All Present. Some By A.B. Frost. There Is Some Rubbing With Slight Loss Of Cloth Corners And Top And Bottom Of Spine. Other Wise A Very Good Copy. Plantation Slang Used In Book.
