QUEECHY. Two Volumes in one leather-bound volume

London: James Nesbit & Company, 1853. First English Edition, with a new preface not in the American edition. With the armorial bookplate of John Waldie (1781-1862), who was the administrator of Hendersyde Park at Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland. His journals and other papers are at the UCLA library. Susan Bogert Warner (1819-1885) was an influential American author known for her religion fiction and children’s literature, most notably her bestselling novel "The Wide, Wide World." Published in 1850 under the pen name Elizabeth Wetherell, this book became a bestseller and is considered one of the first American novels to sell over a million copies. Other than “Uncle Tom's Cabin,” it was perhaps the most widely circulated story of American authorship. 12mo., brown quarter-calf leather & marbled boards. Illustrated.. Very Good (covers nice; contents clean & tight).