Search Results: hagar a dramatic poem in three by rollin j wells

BiblioBazaar, 2009-11-26. Paperback. Good.

NY: Broadway Publishing, 1903. Book. Illus. by William L. Hudson . Near Fine. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. Light edge wear to book at head and tail of spine, author's name in gilt on front cover, gilt is slightly tarnished. Previous owners name on front free end paper, dated 1913..

New York, New York: Broadway Publishing Company. Fine with No Dust Jacket as issued. 1903. First Edition: First Printing. Hard Cover. 125 pages: 5 x 7.5 in.: 1: KB#015293: Boards are Dark Green with Bright Gilt Lettering on front and spine. Boards and pages are clean, unmarked, bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. Contains seven tissue-protected illustrations plus frontispiece. Poetic story has to do with "the pitiful story of Hagar and her son, Ishmael, whose tragic wanderings, as told in the Bible, have been a favored theme of painters and poets from the earliest times. The maid Hagar has a lover, Athuriel. The bond between them is the purest, and nothing seems possible to mar their happiness. Suddenly Hagar is informed through a priest that it is the will of God that she should be the proud mother of Abraham's race. The heart of the girl instinctively rebels at the proposition and she declares she will die before submitting to such a violation of… Read More

New York: Broadway Publishing Company, 1903. Signed by the Author on the fep; Green nubbly cloth over flexible boards, gilt titles, top edge gilt, fore-edge untrimmed, & 8 tissued black & white illustrations; A very good copy with small edgewear; 125 pages. Size: 4.75"x7.25". Signed by Author(s). Hardcover.