EL FUREIDIS
first edition Soft Cover
1860
by Cummins, Maria
Ticknor and Fields, 1860. Soft Cover. Good. First edition. 8vo. Pebbled red-brown cloth with blindstamped decorations to covers, titles gilt to spine. 379 pp. plus 16 pp. publisher's ads (dated May, 1860). BAL 4254. Light wear to exterior, including some slight fraying to cloth at head of spine. Spine cocked. Hinges slightly tender. Previous owner's name and address to both free endpapers and to first blank. Some sporadic light foxing and a few small stains. Gutter partially exposed in a few places. Very good minus with faults as noted. Cummins first novel, The Lamplighter, was one of the bestselling books of the 19th century. (Inventory #: 427713)