$300
Whim Whams, by Four of Us. Boston: S.G. Goodrich, 1828. 18mo, frontispiece of the four authors printed on blue paper, rubbed, with discoloration and a hole, contemporary annotations in text, bound in contemporary half leather, boards detached, with related letters and ephemera inserted and tipped in; ex libris the Bostonian Society, with the estate of Jeremiah Colburn bookplate, scattered foxing, some edges chipped, 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. The anonymous authors are Henry James Finn (1785-1840), James W. Miller (d. 1829), Moses Whitney Jr. (1802-1844), and Oliver C. Wyman (1771-1830). Inserted ephemera includes the original contract for the publication, signed by Samuel Goodrich, aka Peter Parley, and dated Boston, November 15, 1827; a letter concerning the book written by Wyman; a Wyman poem, a notice of Whim Whams from an 1871 newspaper or journal; a notice of the auction of Goodrich's estate; an advertisement for his publications, and a clipped obituary of James Oakes from 1878. Sabin 103296.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-02-14
