first edition Hardcover
1884 · Boston
by JEWETT, Sarah Orne
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1884. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. 12mo. Decorative tan cloth stamped in dark brown, gilt-stamped spine title. Owner's bookplate on front pastedown, hinges cracked, extremities modestly worn, else very good. Going against the usual role of women in society as wife and mother, Nan opts to become a physician despite the hardships it causes.
(Inventory #: 393583)