The Mayflower; Or, Tales And Pencillings.
£95.00
Publisher
Thomas Nelson, Paternoster Row.
Place
London
Date
1849
Synopsis
By harriet beecher.
Item Description
FIRST UK EDITION. Small 8vo. 5.5 x 4 inches. Bound in original dark blue cloth, gilt; board with blind stamped margins, enclosing pictorial gilt block on front, and spine decorated gilt. All edges gilt. A little wear to extremities, including head and tail of spine, with small splits; otherwise a very good copy. Elegant 1852 gift inscription on first free endpaper. Illustrated by double page chromolithograph title and by 4 plates, including frontispiece. Scarce first UK edition of a collection of short stories by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-96), published before she became the successful author of Uncle Tom's Cabin in 1852.
[Stock No. 29412]
