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DODGE, Mary Mapes (1831-1905). Hans Brinker; or, The Silver Skates. A Story of Life in Holland. New York: James O'Kane, 1866.
8o. Frontispiece. (A few small marginal stains.) Original red cloth (spine a bit leaned, some edgewear); red quarter morocco folding case. Provenance: George W. Ingersoll (gift inscription from "Aunt Julia" on front flyleaf); Arthur Swann (bookplate, his sale Parke-Bernet, 22 March 1960, lot 109).
FIRST EDITION, with 4-page publisher's advertisement at end. Peter Parley to Penrod, p. 25.
[Laid-in:] DODGE. Autograph letter signed ("Mary Mapes Dodge") to J.W. Hambry, New York, 10 April 1891. 2 pages, 8vo. "As soon as practicable I shall endeavor to send you the ms. verses or prose sketch you have asked for..." She refers him to the biographical sketch of her life in Stedman and Hutchinson, Library of American Literature; Hamby was preparing an entry for an encyclopedia and was requesting information from Dodge. (2)
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FIRST EDITION, with 4-page publisher's advertisement at end. Peter Parley to Penrod, p. 25.
[Laid-in:] DODGE. Autograph letter signed ("Mary Mapes Dodge") to J.W. Hambry, New York, 10 April 1891. 2 pages, 8vo. "As soon as practicable I shall endeavor to send you the ms. verses or prose sketch you have asked for..." She refers him to the biographical sketch of her life in Stedman and Hutchinson, Library of American Literature; Hamby was preparing an entry for an encyclopedia and was requesting information from Dodge. (2)