Search Results: florida days 19th century north florida by deland margaret 1857 1945

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1889. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illustrated by Louis K. Harlow. Decorated cloth; bindings are tight with a slight shelf lean. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear with hand soiling. 8vo; 8.5 inches tall; xviii, [19]-200 pages printed on thick cardstock. Illustrated by Louis K. Harlow with Chronograph color frontispiece plus 3 plates all tissue-guarded; vignettes, and plates.. An early travel account in Northern Florida through St. Augustine and along the St. Johns River in the 1880s. The authors vivid reminiscences of the scenery, natural history, and the local people of the time, some of it in dialect coupled with fine illustrations by Louis K. Harlow evoke the place as it was before the massive development and commercialization. Background Information: Margaret Deland published 33 books generally considered part of the literary realism movement. She was active in recognizing the ongoing… Read More