Collection: Edmondston-Alston Family Letters and Paper Materials, 1782-1919 / Subject (Topic): Booksellers and bookselling, Naturalists, Booksellers and bookselling Naturalists - Lowcountry Digital Library Catalog Search Search Results

Start Over Collection Edmondston-Alston Family Letters and Paper Materials, 1782-1919 ✖ Subject (Topic) Booksellers and bookselling, Naturalists, Booksellers and bookselling Naturalists ✖

1. Letter from Susan Pringle Alston to John Jopseh McVey, January 27, 1897

Letter from Susan Pringle Alston to John Jopseh McVey, January 27, 1897

Date:: 1897-01-27
Description:: A handwritten, three-page letter from Susan Alston to John Joseph McVey in which she offers to sell him a first edition copy of Audubon's Quadrupeds of North America from 1845.

2. Letter from John Joseph McVey to Susan Pringle Alston, February 2, 1897

Letter from John Joseph McVey to Susan Pringle Alston, February 2, 1897

Date:: 1897-02-02
Description:: A typed, one-page letter from John Joseph McVey to Susan Alston in which he offers her $60 for her copy of Audubon's Quadrupeds of North America, explaining that the low price is due to the two missing volumes of the text.