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[ANTHONY, Susan B., (1820-1906)]. HARPER, Ida Husted (d.1931). The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony, Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many from her Contemporaries During Fifty Years...A Story of the Evolution of the Status of Women. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company 1899.
2 vols., large 8/so. Portrait frontispiece in each vol., illustrations. Later brown morocco gilt, preserving original gilt medallion portraits on front covers, a.e.g.
FIRST EDITION (a posthumous supplementary volume was issued in 1908). The standard authorized biography of this founding pioneer of the women's movement. PRESENTATION COPIES, each inscribed (in the year of publication) in ink on front flyleaf. Vol.2 inscription reads: "Mrs. Olivia B. Hall, Ann Arbor, Michigan, May the New Year bring added causes for happiness to her and her loved ones...& to all homes--is the wish of her affectionate friend & admirer Susan B. Anthony, Rochester, N.Y., Jan. 1, 1899."
PRESENTATION COPIES OF ANTHONY'S AUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY ARE RARE.
2 vols., large 8/so. Portrait frontispiece in each vol., illustrations. Later brown morocco gilt, preserving original gilt medallion portraits on front covers, a.e.g.
FIRST EDITION (a posthumous supplementary volume was issued in 1908). The standard authorized biography of this founding pioneer of the women's movement. PRESENTATION COPIES, each inscribed (in the year of publication) in ink on front flyleaf. Vol.2 inscription reads: "Mrs. Olivia B. Hall, Ann Arbor, Michigan, May the New Year bring added causes for happiness to her and her loved ones...& to all homes--is the wish of her affectionate friend & admirer Susan B. Anthony, Rochester, N.Y., Jan. 1, 1899."
PRESENTATION COPIES OF ANTHONY'S AUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY ARE RARE.