$1,250
Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1839. 2 vols. 8vo, publisher's calico-texture red quarter cloth and pale brown boards, printed paper spine labels, ads, endpapers and flyleaves as called for. First complete American edition in book form, with publisher's Notice in vol. I containing the following statement: "A large portion of the last part of having been sent to the American Publishers in manuscript, they hasten to place before the public the work complete in the present form. At the same time, they have to regret that the illustrations by Cruikshank, were not ready to accompany the manuscript from London." Boards edgeworn and spines faded; endpapers starting; pages evenly toned; stamps to recto f.f.e.p. both vols.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2013-11-06
