New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1900. First Edition. Second impression, lacking publisher's device on title page, but with p.4 reading "the affability" and p.360 reading "lost one colour." Octavo (20cm). Tan publisher's cloth, stamed in dark green; plain endpapers; [vi],444pp; notice of other works opposite title page. Bookplate of Geo. W. Woodward, scuffed and chipped at edges. Straight, tight, gently rubbed, front hinge cracking but neatly repaired, minor erasures to f.f.e.p.: Very Good.

Glasgow's third novel, dealing with Virginia politics and race, class, and gender in the aftermath of Reconstruction. KELLY pp9-10.

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Bookseller: Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 56689
Title: The Voice of the People
Author: GLASGOW, Ellen
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Doubleday, Page & Company
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1900
Bookseller catalogs: Modern Fiction;

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