FRESH GLEANINGS OR, A NEW SHEAF FROM THE OLD FIELDS OF CONTINENTAL EUROPE. By "Ik Marvel" [pseud]

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1847. [4],iv,336,[4]pp. Brown cloth, decorated in gilt, ruled in blind with gilt sheaf motif on upper board. Light scattered foxing, usual darkening to the coated endsheets, cloth a bit faded and dusty; still a better than average copy, about very good. First edition, clothbound issue (BAL's binding A), of the author's first substantial publication, preceded by a pamphlet oration. BAL 13922. (Inventory #: WRCLIT54514)