first edition Hardcover
1900 · Boston, MA
by Pendleton, Mark Pierce
Boston, MA: Lee and Shepard, Publishers, 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Born on Islesboro, Maine, in 1860, Mark Pierce Pendleton was the owner and publisher of the newspaper, "The Belfast Age" of Belfast, Maine, from 1888 to 1893. He was appointed United States Consul at Pictou by President Grover Cleveland in 1893. Pendleton died at the age of 38 on May 12, 1898. vi, 255 pp. 8vo. Tan cloth-covered boards, red titling to cover board and spine. Top foredge gilded. Light scuffing overall, clean within. (Inventory #: 31843)