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THBA Fellowship of Readers: Hartwell Family Books (signed/inscribed).
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LiveNov 18, 2023
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CLEMENS, SAMUEL. Mark Twain's Sketches, New and Old. Hartford and Chicago: The American Publishing Company, 1875. First complete edition. 4to. Brown leather (very worn morocco?) over boards, pink end leaves. The front end leaf is inscribed: "To Charlie from Bray, Christmas 1875." Condition: Poor-Fair; the leather is extremely worn and boards are completely detached; leather missing from spine, exposing glued sections; pages good/clean. Speculatively, based on association and date, "Charlie" is either Charles Hartwell or his son Charles Stearns Hartwell, and "Bray" is possibly Captain Bray of the ship Morning Star, Micronesia Mission. Charles Hartwell and Captain Bray were both members of the foreign mission, and they are listed in a publication of foreign mission reports/meetings: The Missionary Herald, in American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions with a View of Other Benevolent Operations for 1879, Vol. LXXV, Cambridge, Riverside Press (pp. 216; 413) (See: archive.org "The Missionary Herald"). TOGETHER WITH FOUR OTHERS: 1.) MORLEY, HENRY. English Literature in the Reign of Victoria, With a Glance at the Past. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1882. 12mo. Brown cloth. Flyleaf inscribed: "Emily S. Hartwell, With the love of her brother. Nov. 5th, 1888." Condition: Overall Good; soiling to cloth. 2.) PATON, WILLIAM AGNEW. Picturesque Sicily. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1898. 8vo. Brown pictorial cloth. Signed/inscribed on end leaf by the author to W.G. Schauffler, Dec 1897. The Schauffler family was connected to the Hartwells through missionary work. Condition: Good; soiling/discoloring to cloth; wear/tears to ends of spine. 3.) PORTER, JANE. The Scottish Chiefs. New York: The American News Company, 1831. 12mo. Green gilt-stamped decorated cloth. Inscribed to "Carrie A. Heartwell [sic] from Calvert Juvenile Temple(?)". Condition: Poor-Fair; splitting front and back, tear to cloth of spine. 4.) SCHAUFFLER, RACHEL CAPEN. The Goodly Fellowship. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1912. 12mo. Red cloth. A romance novel of a young woman/missionary in Persia. Signed by the author on free end leaf; bookplate of Emily Hartwell Tupper (daughter of Carrie Amelia Hartwell Tupper). Condition: Poor, a well-read copy; front cover split with tape repair; soiling/staining; sections/pages loose and detached, including the signed end leaf. The Schauffler family was connected to the Hartwells through missionary work. FROM THE FAMILY OF REV. CHARLES HARTWELL (1825-1905) and Lucy Estabrook Stearns Hartwell (1827-1883); their children Charles Stearns Hartwell (1855-1931), Emily Susan Hartwell (1859-1951), and Carrie Amelia Hartwell Tupper (1864-1959); Congregational missionaries and philanthropists in Foochow (Fuzhou), China, 1850s-1930s. NOTE: All lots are sold as is and where is. Turner Auctions + Appraisals, LLC provides condition reports upon request to aid in your bidding decision. No statement regarding age, condition, kind, value, or quality of a lot, whether made orally at the auction or at any other time, or in writing in this catalog or elsewhere, shall be construed to be an express or implied warranty, representation, or assumption of liability. All sales are final, Turner Auctions + Appraisals, LLC does not give refunds based on condition. Turner Auctions + Appraisals, LLC does not perform any shipping or packing services. We do have a list of suggested shippers who gladly provide quotes prior to your bidding. Please visit our webpage for a list of recommended shippers.
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