[LITERATURE] CALAVAR: OR, THE KNIGHT OF THE CONQUEST: A ROMANCE OF MEXICO ... IN TWO VOLUMES

Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1834. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Two 8vo volumes; in the publisher’s purple muslin, with labels on the spines; [i]-xxviii, [29]-278, blank leaf; [1]-296; with an inserted 12 page catalog at the back of each volume; the catalogs are both in State A [with no priority established].; there is a previous owner name on the pastedown of Volume II with initials on the pastedown of Volume II; each volume has the name “Anne C. Coleman” on the title page; there is some light and scattered toning throughout the books; there is minor separation at the top of the gutter of Volume I.~~Bird’s early works were plays; Calavar is his first novel.~~A lovely copy in the original bindings.~ (BAL 1152). Very Good binding.