Buy this book on-line Tourgee, Albion W : Button's InnRoberts Brothers, Boston, MA, 1887
Original publisher's blue cloth binding with embossed scroll decorations on front cover and spine. 5 1/4" x 7." 418 pages, complete. Two pages of advertisements for other books in the back. A beautiful book with gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. Albion W. Tourgee (1838-1905) was an American writer, lawyer, politician, and diplomat. He advocated for civil rights, founded the National Citizens' Rights Association, established a historically black women's college (Bennett College), and litigated for Homer Plessy in the Plessy v. Ferguson case. This book is a historical fiction novel about Button's Inn, which was once located between Barcelona and Chautauqua Lake in real-life New York, and Mormons during the nineteenth century. The story also has elements of romance and mystery. This book is referenced in Wright III, American Fiction, no. 5517.. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Tourgee, Albion W : Button's Inn. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including antiquarian books, incunabula, out-of-print books, first editions and libri antichi. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |