THE QUICK OR THE DEAD? A Study. by Amelie Rives 1888 Lippincott No. 244

Description: THE QUICK OR THE DEAD? A Study. by Amelie Rives 1888 Lippincott No. 244 POB#52825 TITLE: The Quick or the Dead? A Study. AUTHOR: Amelie Rives PUBLISHER: Philadelphia: Lippincott DATE: [1888 copyright] EDITION: Lippincott No. 244. (Lippincott Magazine April 1888.) First Edition (see BINDING description). DESCRIPTION: [1-6], 438-574, 1-24p. Advertisements. 23cm. CONDITION NOTES: VERY GOOD. Solid page and cover attachment. Corners bumped and rubbed. Edges of covers rubbed. Caps touched. Uneven toning to third- and second-to-last fly pages. Spotting to front pastedown and first fly page. A couple spots to fore edge of pages, else pages free of creases or tears.BINDING: First printings typically found in Lippincott wraps as the story first appeared in the periodical. The hardcovers, we speculate, added in later printings from same plates, incorporating adverts and pagination.. Princess Amélie Louise Rives Troubetzkoy (August 23, 1863 - June 15, 1945) was an American novelist, poet and playwright. Nothing that she ever wrote created the sensation of The Quick or the Dead?, her first novel, which appeared in 1888 and remains her most famous and popular work. The novel, which depicts a newly widowed woman struggling with her erotic passion for her late husband's cousin, was condemned as "immoral", "unfit to be read", and "impure". Rives was criticized for pandering to the public and offending the refined tastes of readers who had been previously charmed by her stories. The negative publicity helped the notorious book sell over 300,000 copies. Listing and template services provided by inkFrog

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