SUSAN B. ANTHONY INSCRIBES HER BOOK ‘THE STORY OF WOMAN SUFFRAGE’ WITH THE HISTORIC QUOTE, “BELIEVE ME EVER YOURS FOR THE FREEDOM OF WOMEN”
Susan B. Anthony. The History of Woman Suffrage. Vol. IV [only]. Rochester: Susan B. Anthony, [1902]. First edition with a lengthy inscription. Inscribed by Anthony on the front free-endpaper: “Mrs. Emily B. Meredith / Fort Lupton – Colorado – / Please accept this huge / volume in recognition of the / valuable services you rendered to / Mrs. Harper – in the preparation / of the Colorado Chapter – and believe / me ever yours for the freedom / of women – as they are in your state – / Susan B. Anthony / 17 – Madison street / Rochester – N. Y. / 1820 – Feb. 15 – 1902.” Thick octavo. [2, blank], lii, 1144, [2, blank] pages. With eleven plates inserted throughout. Publisher’s burgundy cloth, boards ruled in thick blind, spine ruled and lettered in gilt. A good copy. From the James C. Seacrest Collection.