Wit Bought; or, the Life & Adventures of Robert Merry .
Parley, Peter [= Samuel Goodrich]
From Appleford Bookroom, Abingdon, OXON, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 21 October 2002
From Appleford Bookroom, Abingdon, OXON, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 21 October 2002
About this Item
12mo, orig red cloth blindblocked & gold tooled front & spine, no date but prob first half of C19, early Victoriana, aeg, 171 pp. Attractive little book, with engraved frontis & title & small engravings in the text throughout, despite a tiny chip on spine centre [smaller than a penny] and some slight wrinkling of the cloth on back. Adverts printed on eps [incl. Mrs Sherwood]. This edition predates the 1842 revision by T Wilson, and may well be a first edition. The book recounts a young person's travel experiences in the USA, incl. hunting, Indians etc. Size: 12mo. Seller Inventory # 003570
Bibliographic Details
Title: Wit Bought; or, the Life & Adventures of ...
Publisher: Darton & Co., London
Binding: Decorated Cloth
Illustrator: Frontis, Tp Vignette, Line Drawings
Condition: Vg for Age
Dust Jacket Condition: Issued Without Jacket
Edition: Darton Edition. Early Perhaps First.
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