"To Have and To Hold", by Mary Johnston, illustrations by Howard Pyle, E.B. Thompson, A.W. Betts, and Emlen McConnell, published by Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston and New York, First Edition with '1900' on the title page and copyright. [Reference: Morse & Brinckle pp 191-192].

Hard boards, original light green pictorial cloth stamped in dark green and red, gilt-lettering on spine and front board [a little wear and soiling, a little darkened spine: see photo]; 5" x 8"; the half-title page has a small crease; stamp of John Griff Edwards on fep and contents page; 403 pages, 8 monochrome plates on glossy paper including frontispiece [all plates are present], a little soiling, stained [foxed?] pages which are next to the glossy plates, very good condition.

First edition of the best-selling American novel of 1900, a historical romance set in Jamestown written by a Virginian women's rights activist. Johnston published five best-selling books in the first decade of the 20th century, making her one of the most popular authors of the millennium according to records tracked by Publisher's Weekly.

First serialized in the ATLANTIC MONTHLY in 1899, To Have and To Hold was twice adapted into a silent film. A champion of women's rights, Johnston incorporated her work as a suffragist into later books like HAGAR (1913), now viewed as an early feminist novel.

Johnston published five best-selling books in the first decade of the 20th century, making her one of the most popular authors of the millennium according to records tracked by Publisher's Weekly.

Mary Johnston was an American novelist and women's rights advocate from Virginia. She was one of America's best selling authors during her writing career and had three silent films adapted from her novels.

Provenance:

From the library of John Griff Edwards (1870-1912), he belonged to the old established settler families in Virginia. His father and uncles served in the Army of Northern Virginia during the Civil War. The grandfather, LeRoy Griffin Edwards (1804-1866), was the president of the Confederate Convention of 1864. John's wife, Mrs. J. Griff Edwards founded and led the first of the United Confederate Choirs of America (1907). After that she was elected the "Commander in Chief of the United Confederate Choirs." In 1911 she published a volume titled "Echoes From Dixie A Collection of Songs Used in the South."

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