Leather bound
1842 · Charleston
by Simms, William Gilmore
Charleston: S. Babcock & Co, 1842. Second Edition. Leather bound. Good. 12mo. xii, 13-345 pages. Restored. Original brown calf leather boards. New mulberry paper spine with gilt stamped leather title label. Right front flyleaf was removed. Front and rear hinges repaired with archival paper. A mid size color folding map of South Carolina (approx. 13" x 15.5") was added and is tipped in front of the title page. Boards are edge worn. Text is moderately toned with occasional scattered foxing. Previous owner name of John Oliver written on the front paste down several times. The first edition of this book was published in Charleston 1840. The title of the added map is "Mitchell's Map of South Carolina Exhibiting Its Internal Improvements Roads Distances &c. by J. H. Young. Philadelphia: Published by Augustus Mitchell. 1844".
Howes S 420. (Inventory #: 14025)
Howes S 420. (Inventory #: 14025)