Name: Twenty-two mid nineteenth-century novels in cheap editions including “Brother Jonathan” and “The New World” bound together
SKU: 354996
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Twenty-two mid nineteenth-century novels in cheap editions including “Brother Jonathan” and “The New World” bound together

Twenty-two mid nineteenth-century novels in cheap editions including “Brother Jonathan” and “The New World” bound together. Various authors including Charles Dickens and George Sand. Various publishers.

$650.00

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SKU: 354996 Category: Literature

Description

Some first editions including first American appearances of Sand’s “The Private Secretary” and Dickens’ “American Notes for General Circulation”. 4to., Old half brown leather over marbled boards, raised bands. 28.5x20x5 cm. Various publishers. New York. 1842 – 1843. Very good, moderate wear to covers, inner hinges repaired, light toning and foxing to pages, old pencil notes to ffep. Printed in small type and double columns on newsprint, these cheap editions were sold for 12-1/2 cents. Being quite fragile, they have become scarce. The first American editions of “American Notes” and “The Private Secretary” are rare. Heavy book, may require extra shipping. weight: 4.0 lb.