The Deserted Village
$49.50 USD • Used
J. E. Tilton and Company,1866. Scarce edition. All edges gilt. Brown leather with gilt design/lettering on cover. Brown silk page keeper ribbon. Tissue paper over engravings intact. Flyleaf inscri...
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J. E. Tilton and Company,1866. Scarce edition. All edges gilt. Brown leather with gilt design/lettering on cover. Brown silk page keeper ribbon. Tissue paper over engravings intact. Flyleaf inscription. Minor foxing on a few pages. Pages mildly toned. Leather is lightly worn at corners and spine edges. 53 pages. Beautiful condition. The impact of rural depopulation and societal changes on village life. A poem about the consequences of industrialization, urbanization, and the enclosure movement on rural communities. The engravings are by Charles Howland Hammatt Billings, who was an artist and architect from Boston, Massachusetts. Among his works are the original illustrations for Uncle Tom's Cabin, the National Monument to the Forefathers, the Civil War monument in Concord, Mass., and the 19th-century granite canopy for the Plymouth Rock Memorial.
Product Info
Publisher: J. E. Tilton and Company
Year: 1866
Type: Used
Binding: Hardcover
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