As told by the typewriter girl

1898

Not on view

Cream cloth with woman in evening dress holding a transparent fan stamped in black and red, title and author stamped in black, fan continues over spine and onto back cover where design in repeated in reverse; title, author, and publisher also stamped in black on spine. Signed B.MCM. [Blanche McManus]

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Title: As told by the typewriter girl
Artist: Blanche McManus Mansfield (American, East Feliciana, Louisiana 1870–1929)
Author: Mabel Clare Ervin
Date: 1898
Geography: New York, New York
Dimensions: 245 pages : illustrations ; Height: 7 7/8 in. (20 cm)
Object Number: Publishers Bindings 167
Curatorial Department: Thomas J. Watson Library

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