first edition Thick tall 8vo., decorative embossed brown full-morocco leather, stamped in gilt, all edges gilt, 408 pages
1849 · Philadelphia
by SIGOURNEY, Lydia H.
Philadelphia: Carey And Hart, 1849. First Edition, reprinted a number of times. Thick tall 8vo., decorative embossed brown full-morocco leather, stamped in gilt, all edges gilt, 408 pages. With Designs By Felix O.C. Darley, Engraved By American Artists.. Very Good (little edgewear & rubbing covers but still bright; contents clean & tight but with foxing to all illustrations, which are printed on a different (poorer) quality paper. Interesting Christmas presentation from a husband to his wife on a front blank page, dated 1852.
(Inventory #: 56498)