A Hazard of New Fortunes: A Novel: In Two Volumes
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1890 (1889).
Price: $200.00
Hardcover. First edition. Two volumes. Gilt-stamped red cloth. Gutter before title pages cracked, pencil underlining and marginalia throughout both volumes (from poet Daniel Hoffman's collection), volume two has one-inch chip and tear in margin of page 39 not affecting text, cloth lightly soiled and rubbed, still a very good set. Considered to be one of Howells' best works set in New York City highlighting social injustices of the times.
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William Dean Howells
birth name: William Dean Howells
born: 3/1/1837
died: 5/11/1920
Biography
American novelist and critic, preeminent in late 19th-century American letters. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literaturemore