(Anthony, Susan B.)

Ida Husted Harper. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony. Indianapolis and Kansas City: The Bowen-Merrill Company, 1899;1898



2 volumes, 8vo (9 x 6 in.; 229 x 152 mm). Light marginal toning throughout. Publisher's blue cloth, printed paper labels on spines, edges and endpapers plain; spines a trifle faded, upper hinge of vol. 1 starting.

Both volumes contain lengthy inscriptions by Susan B. Anthony. Volume 1: "To | Mrs. Phebe M. Kelsey | In memory of her most | faithful service for the dear | Old Revolution — in the | years of 1868 & 1869 — and | with the best wish of her | sincere friend & coworker | Susan B. Anthony | Rochester | U.S. | 1820 –Feb. 15 1899." Volume 2:  "To Mrs. Phebe M. Kelsey | and her faithful daughter | Miss Mary E. Kelsey | with pleasant memories | of the heroic old days of | The Revolution | From their sincere friend | Susan B. Anthony | Rochester | U.S. | 1820 – Feb. 15 1899." Anthony published the first issue her women's rights weekly journal, The Revolution, on 8 January 1868. The dates at the end of the inscriptions reflect Anthony's seventy-ninth birthday.