first edition Hardcover
1855 · Washington DC
by Haven, Samuel F.
Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution. T.K. and P.G. Collins, Printers, Philadelphia, 1855. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Folio. [3], 168 pages, [1]. Errata slip. Frontispiece steel engraving of the author. Custom half leather binding with reddish marbled paper covered boards. Green morocco leather corners and spine. Raised bands and gilt lettered title on the spine. Marbled end sheets. Top edge gilt. Leather is rubbed and scuffed on the corners, outer joints, and raised spine bands. Light foxing to the blank front end sheet and the frontispiece. Occasional light spotting scattered in the text. Previous owner's armorial bookplate of Charles C. Jones, (truncated)