first edition
1844 · Boston
by LITTELL, E[liakim], ed
Boston: T.H. Carter & Company, 1844. First Edition. Large, thick octavo (24.5cm.); contemporary full sheep, two black morocco gilt-lettered spine labels; [2],iv,752pp.; text in double columns. Boards rubbed and dampstained along bottom half affecting textblock, lacking front free endpaper, else Good and sound. Contemporary ownership signature of a Thomas L. Scott to title page. Very early volume of Littell's literary and political magazine, which he founded in April, 1844. (Inventory #: 30985)