Foster NINETEEN BEAUTIFUL YEARS 1864 Memoir

Title: Nineteen Beautiful Year; or, Sketches of a Girl's Life
Author: Rev. R.S. Foster, D.D.
Publisher: Harper & Brothers
Printing Year: 1864

Condition/Details: Bound in brown cloth with gilt lettering, this antique volume is a scarce memoir of a young girls short nineteen year old life. Culled and collated by her sister, this diary was turned into a book with the help of the named author; and friend, the Rev. Foster, who was President of the University in Evanston, IL where they lived. (paraphrased from "Nineteen Beautiful Years", Frances Elizabeth Willard, page 247) The volume shows light external age/wear, and is solidly bound with age-toned pages. The book measures approximately 6.75" x 5" and contains 241 pages. Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $4.50