THE MONTHLY VISITOR & PHILADELPHIA VISITER, DEVOTED TO THE DISSEMINATION OF POPULAR LITERATURE
first edition
1834 - 1836
by Shelley, Mary and Others
THE MONTHLY VISITOR & THE PHILADELPHIA VISITER, DEVOTED TO THE DISSEMINATION OF POPULAR LITERATURE, MISCELLANY, & C., 3 volumes bound in one, May 1834, Volume 1, # 1 to JUNE, 1836, Volume 1, # 24, (all three volumes bound herein claim to be volume one !!!), first edition, some leaves excised and laid back in, some pages torn, several monthly numbers repeated although with different dates and contents and some other apparent misbindings. Contains the first American printing of the story "The Brother and Sister" by Mary Shelley in the last 1836 volumes as well as several stories that are either criminous or supernatural. Scarce. (Inventory #: 11971)