Description: Haps And Mishaps Of A Tour In Europe. By Grace Greenwood. Boston: Ticknor, Reed, And Fields, 1854. First Edition, Fifth Thousand. Original embossed decorated light brown cloth hardcover. xii, 437 pages. Book measures 8” x 5 ½”. Sara Jane Lippincott (1823-1904) was an American author, better known by the pseudonym Grace Greenwood. Sara Jane Clarke was born at Pompey, New York. Her family moved to New Brighton, Pennsylvania, where her father was a physician, and she there attended the Greenwood Institute, a ladies' academy, from which she may have taken her pseudonym. In 1853, she married Leander K. Lippincott, and they had a daughter, but he left the country in 1876 after indictment for land fraud. Later she lived with her daughter in New Rochelle, New York, where she died. She began her writing in 1844 with contributions to the New Mirror signed "Grace Greenwood." Her earliest writing was poetry and children's stories, and with her husband she started the Little Pilgrim (1854), an American children's magazine. She was soon producing magazine articles and essays, and became one of the earliest regular female newspaper correspondents. After spending 15 months in Europe she wrote Haps And Mishaps Of A Tour In Europe, which gives her account of her journey through Italy, England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, France, Switzerland and Germany. Greenwood provides the usual descriptions of cities and the places visited, but she also writes about various interviews she conducted with numerous literary and political figures, including Dickens. The book was quite popular, going through several printings. She was an active supporter of women's rights and of the anti-slavery movement, and during the Civil War wrote articles from Washington DC in aid of the Northern cause. CONDITION: Book is in fair condition. Pages display minor to moderate damp staining. No loose or missing pages. Front & rear covers are loosely attached, hinges are split. Covers display moderate soiling. Spine back strip is missing. Corners bumped. Not ex-library. From a smoke free home. PAYMENT: I accept credit card payments through PayPal. Please be sure to preview my other books and ephemera listed for auction & sale. I gladly combine purchases into one shipment to save you money on postage. SHIPPING: Buyer pays $4.00 for USPS Media Mail delivery to any location in the U.S.A. Please note that Media Mail delivery typically takes between 4-12 days. USPS Priority Mail is available at a higher cost. I use delivery confirmation. Note: Worldwide delivery to all other countries outside the U.S.A. will cost $13.45 for USPS Priority Mail, except Canada which will cost $11.45. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Thank You!
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Binding: Hardcover
Subject: Exploration & Travel
Printing Year: 18540000
Topic: Europe
Origin: American
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
