1854 · new York
by Fowler, Orson Squire
new York: Fowler and Wells, 1854. Orig. decorated publisher's cloth: Fowler octagon house in gilt blocking on front cover, back cover decorated in blind. Very good. 192 pages. 19.5 x 13 cm. Three full-page plates printed in bistre as frontispieces, and thirty wood-engravings. This is the first stereotyped edition, revised and enlarged with a new 1853 copyright. The original edition published in 1848 is extremely rare. KARPEL B1093. "According to the preface, `To cheapen and improve human homes, and especially to bring comfortable dwellings within the reach of the poorer classes, is the object of this volume." HITCHCOCK 469. Interior contents fresh and clean, chips to backstrip head and foot.
(Inventory #: 22626)