From David M. Lesser, ABAA, Woodbridge, CT, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 20 October 1997
About this Item
47, [1] pp, profusely illustrated. Illustrated title page captioned, 'Dangerous Attempt to Destroy a Hawk's Nest.' Last page a full-page woodcut captioned, 'The Dead Elephant--- A Scene in India.' Disbound, glue remnant along inside margin of title page. Light scattered foxing, lightly worn. Good to Good+. An attractive almanac, with many full-page and in-text woodcuts and accompanying explanatory text. It includes 'An Account of Nahant', with an illustration of the Indian 'Black William Selling Nahant to Mr. Thomas Dexter, for a suit of clothes, in 1630.' A double-page woodcut is printed of a 'Disastrous Attempt to Ascend Mount Blanc.' Other illustrations, with text, are offered from all over the world: a 'View of a Chinese Floating Town', a 'Newfoundland Dog', a 'Cashmere Goat', and much else. Drake 4088 [1- MWA]. AI 26202 [4]. Seller Inventory # 26879
Bibliographic Details
Title: PEOPLE'S ALMANAC. 1835. VOL. I. NO. 2
Publisher: Sold by D. Felt & Co. Boston: Published by Charles Ellms, Agent, New York
Publication Date: 1834
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