Bailey Lydia 1779 (2 results)
The SEARCH AFTER HAPPINESS: A Pastoral Drama. To Which is Added, JOSEPH MADE KNOWN To His BRETHREN: A Sacred Drama
[More, Hannah. 1745 - 1833]. Bailey, Lydia (1779 - 1869) - Printer
Published by Printed for Johnson and Warner (by Lydia R. Bailey, Printer), Philadelphia, 1811
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Tavistock Books, ABAA, Reno, NV, U.S.A.Tavistock Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star seller72 pp. Frontispiece engraving by B. Tanner after Stothard. 12mo: A - F^6. 6" x 3-3/4" Well worn, with spine leather mostly perished. Period pos of Hannah Blake to ffep. A Good copy. Period binding, quarter-bound with tan sheep over marbled paper card-stock covers. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve 1st printing thus, i.e., printed by Bailey (American Imprints 23434; Nipps 55; Rosenbach 442).…
More imagesKEEPER'S TRAVELS In SEARCH Of HIS MASTER
Bailey, Lydia [1779 - 1869] - Printer. [Kendall, Edward Augustus]
Published by Published by Johnson & Warner, No. 147, Market Street, Philadelphia, 1808
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Tavistock Books, ABAA, Reno, NV, U.S.A.Tavistock Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star seller87, [3] pp. 'Contents' last 2 pages. Frontispiece. 18mo, signed in 6s. 5-3/8" x 3-1/4" This children's tale first published by Newbery in 1798; this particular edition's claim to fame results from being an early imprint from the printshop of the distinguished early 19th C. lady printer, Lydia Bailey. Cf. Nipps, LYDIA BAILEY A Checklist of Her Imprints [2013] for more on this remarkable woman. Minor wear. Front paste-down never attached to front board, so now acts as ffep & reveals binding technique underneath. A solid VG copy. Period drab paper boards, with front board professionally reattached. Speckled edges 1st printing thus (American Imprints 15353; Nipps 7; Rosenbach 370; Welch 723.4).…
