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Mr. Absalom Billingslea, and other Georgia folk

Title
Mr. Absalom Billingslea, and other Georgia folk / by Richard M. Johnston ; with illustrations.
Author
Johnston, Richard Malcolm, 1822-1898
Publication
  • New York : Harper & Brothers, Franklin Square, 1888.
  • ©1887.

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Additional Authors
  • Frost, A. B. (Arthur Burdett), 1851-1928
  • Kemble, E. W. (Edward Windsor), 1861-1933
  • Harper & Brothers, publisher.
Description
viii, 414, [6] pages : illustrations; 18 cm.
Donor/Sponsor
Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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Genre/Form
  • Ink stamps (Provenance)
  • Inscriptions (Provenance)
Note
  • "Copyright, 1887, by Harper & Brothers. All rights reserved."--verso of title page.
  • These stories originally appeared in various periodicals.
  • Publisher's advertisements, [6] pages at end.
Provenance (note)
  • with the ink stamp on recto of first free endleaf "Property of the Actor's Society of America" inscribed: in ink on back of frontispiece "The Actor's Society Library-- Mrs. Gilbert Ely-- June 1901." ; Inscribed: in pencil on back of frontispiece "Bought at Vesey St. Book Store price 10¢. Sch." This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.
Contents
A critical accident to Mr. Absalom Billingslea -- The brief embarassment of Mr. Iverson Blout -- Rev. Rainford Gunn and the Arab chief -- Martha Reid's lovers -- The suicidal tendencies of Mr. Ephrodtus Twilley -- Dr. Hinson's degree -- The meditations of Mr. Archie Kittrell -- The rivalries of Mr. Toby Gillam -- The hotel experience of Mr. Pink Fluker -- The Wimpy adoptions -- The Stubblefield contingents -- Historic doubts of Riley Hood -- Mr. Thomas Chiver's boarder -- Moll and Virgil.
Call Number
Sc Fic (Johnston, R. Mr. Absalom Billingslea)
LCCN
07010802
OCLC
  • 1995208
  • NYPGR1995208-B
Author
Johnston, Richard Malcolm, 1822-1898, author.
Title
Mr. Absalom Billingslea, and other Georgia folk / by Richard M. Johnston ; with illustrations.
Publisher
New York : Harper & Brothers, Franklin Square, 1888.
Copyright Date
©1887.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Provenance
Copy in Sc Fic-J (accession no. B547657) with the ink stamp on recto of first free endleaf "Property of the Actor's Society of America" inscribed: in ink on back of frontispiece "The Actor's Society Library-- Mrs. Gilbert Ely-- June 1901." ; Inscribed: in pencil on back of frontispiece "Bought at Vesey St. Book Store price 10¢. Sch." This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN
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Harper & Brothers, publisher.
Frost, A. B. (Arthur Burdett), 1851-1928, illustrator.
Kemble, E. W. (Edward Windsor), 1861-1933, illustrator.
Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner, inscriber.
Research Call Number
Sc Fic (Johnston, R. Mr. Absalom Billingslea)
NBO (Johnston, R. Mr. Absalom Billingslea)
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