[Rarebooks] FS: INSCRIBED by Susan B. Anthony to a prominent Suffragist and friend of Mark Twain

[Charles Agvent]

(ANTHONY, Susan B.) HARPER, Ida Husted. THE LIFE AND WORK OF SUSAN B. 
ANTHONY INCLUDING PUBLIC ADDRESSES, HER OWN LETTERS AND MANY FROM HER 
CONTEMPORARIES DURING FIFTY YEARS. A STORY OF THE EVOLUTION OF THE 
STATUS OF WOMAN. Indianapolis & Kansas City: The Bowen-Merrill Co., 1899 
& 1898. First Edition. The first two volumes of three, with the last not 
published until 1908, two years after Anthony's death. Original full 
brown-burgundy morocco with a gilt medallion profile portrait of Anthony 
on the front panel of each volume, recently and sympathetically rebacked 
with similar color morocco leather; all edges gilt. Illustrated with 
frontispiece portraits of Anthony and other plates and facsimiles. Each 
volume is INSCRIBED and SIGNED by this principal leader of the woman 
suffrage movement in the United States on the front endpapers to another 
well-known suffragist. In the first volume, Anthony has written: "Yes 
indeed, Mrs. Julia L. Langdon Barber/I will write your name upon 
this/fly-leaf together with my own for/the benefit of the grand-daughter 
-- when/she is grown up to appreciate the worth/of each--/Julia L. 
Langdon Barber--/Belmont -- Washington, D. C.--/Susan B. Anthony -- 
Rochester N.Y./May 22, 1901--." Anthony has also INSCRIBED the second 
volume: "Julia L. Langdon Barber--/Belmont -- Washington, D. C.--/Susan 
B. Anthony/17 Madison Street -- Rochester N.Y." Books inscribed by this 
great American have become quite scarce. Fine copies with a fine 
association.

Julia L. Langdon was a prominent suffragist in Washington as well as one 
of the city's premier hostesses of the Golden Age. She married Amzi 
Lorenzo Barber in 1871; she was the daughter of a prominent N.Y. land 
developer, and her husband, who had been in charge of the normal 
department at Howard University, tried his own hand at developments in 
Washington. He developed the highly restricted Le Droit Park 
neighborhood just off Florida Avenue, and was soon to be the owner of 
Barber Asphalt Company; he became known as the "Asphalt King," and by 
the 1880s his firm was the world's largest supplier of asphalt. Barber 
was to later buy the infant Locomobile enterprise from Francis and 
Freelan Stanley in 1898; by 1900, over 1600 cars were sold, but the 
car's indifferent sales in future years eventually stripped Barber of 
much of his personal wealth. In 1880 the Barbers bought 120 acres along 
Florida Avenue between 13th and 14th Streets, where their lavish Queen 
Anne home, "Belmont," was built (It was torn down in 1915 after the 
deaths of Amzi and Julia Barber to make way for the Clifton Terrace 
development.).

Julia L. Langdon Barber was a Life Member of the National American Women 
Suffrage Association and a longtime friend of Anthony; after the 1902 
National American Convention held at the First Presbyterian Church in 
Washington, Anthony spent the following week at the Barber home. In the 
third volume of Harper's book, she is cited, along with Mrs. John 
Henderson and Anthony, in the incorporation in 1900 of the Standing Fund 
to help with the work of enfranchising women. Barber was also a friend 
of Mark Twain, whom she met on the steamship "Quaker City" in 1867 
during the trip which Twain chronicled in THE INNOCENTS ABROAD. Barber 
had taken a leading part in various public movements and was an ardent 
suffragist and a leading member of the Society for the Prevention of 
Cruelty to Animals. She was long the terror of cruelly inclined drivers 
in Washington. She often took her stand on top of the high tower of 
Belmont which overlooks a wide range of the city and watched for horses 
which were being treated cruelly. She always kept an automobile at her 
door and frequently hurried in it to aid of the suffering horses. She 
appeared in police court a number of times against men who mistreated 
animals. (#016095)        $7,500.00


http://www.charlesagvent.com/shop/agvent/016095.html

-- 
All books subject to prior sale. Cash with order; institutions may be 
billed. Postage additional: $10.00 for the first item; $5.00 for each 
thereafter. Overseas postage billed at approximate cost. Pennsylvania 
residents must add 6% sales tax. Mastercard, Visa, American Express, and 
Discover accepted. Books may be returned within 10 days of receipt for 
any reason provided they are in the same condition as sent and prior 
notice is given. Please insure returns for their full value. We carry a 
diverse stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century 
Literary First Editions, Signed Books, Presidential Autographs, 
Illustrated Books, and the world's largest inventory of Limited Editions 
Club books. *We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be 
members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and 
the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).* Please feel 
free to contact us with any wants or offerings. Thank you.

CHARLES AGVENT

291 Linden Road

Mertztown, PA 19539-8750

610-682-4750

info at charlesagvent.com

Please visit our shop: http://www.charlesagvent.com