Books and Manuscripts

Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1832. In two volumes. First American edition (one of only 750 copies printed). 8vo. (1-2) (ads), (3)-199; 209 pp. Publisher's quarter brown cloth over drab paper-covered boards, extremities and boards worn and soiled, dampstaining along spines; original paper spine label on first volume wanting, label on second volume heavily chipped; all edges untrimmed; "Miss Austin" (sic) penciled on both title-pages; moderate to heavy spotting and dampstaining to text; contemporary ownership signature on front paste-down on first volume, both title-pages, offsetting from same on several pages in both volumes; rear paste-down in both volumes partially torn away; final free leaf in second volume trimmed. Gilson B2; Keynes 10

We can only locate two copies at auction since 1902. Gilson writes, "copies rarely appear at auction," and likewise he could locate only five other copies between 1915 and 1974.

A very rare and completely unsophisticated copy.