
Price: $30.00 USD
Quantity: 1 available
Book Condition: Very Good
Original fine maroon cloth wth intricate gilt decoration and colour seaside pictorial pastedown on boards. Date taken from author's facsimile signature, but no publishing date given. Internet states Preface is same as first edition of 1850. The artist, Darley, was so well-respected for his detailed drawings that he was commissioned to illlustrate banknotes, in order to discoourage counterfeiters. A very popular book in its early days. After Mitchell's copyright expired in 1893, several unauthorized versions appeared. This is probably one of them. Altemus makes beautiful books ! Page turndowns corrected. 306 pp. No names or damage.
Title: The Reveries of a Bachelor; Illustrated
Illustrator: Darley
Categories: Meditations,
Publisher: Philadelphia, Henry Altemus Company: 1892
Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall
Seller ID: 002955
Keywords: NOISBN Fiction. Meditation.