Item #003514 A Tale Of The Times [2 volumes]. Jane West.
A Tale Of The Times [2 volumes]
A Tale Of The Times [2 volumes]

A Tale Of The Times [2 volumes]

Alexandria, Va. Cottom and Stewart, 1801. Hardcover. Full imprint: "Alexandria: Printed by Cottom and Stewart, for Robert and John Gray, Alexandria; and for Conrad and Co., Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington City." 2 volumes: 256, 248 p.; 18 cm. 12mo. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between gilt rules. Gilt-tooled title on red morocco spine label in second compartment of each volume. Gilt-tooled volume number in fourth compartment of each volume with gilt-tooled decoration in the first, third, and fifth compartments. All page edges yellow. This is the First American edition, after the British 1799 edition. Each volume has a label on the front fixed endpaper indicating that the volumes were given in 1855 to the Union Philosophical Society of Dickinson College by Samuel M. Dickson (1837-1866) and John W. Cornelius (1835-1894), graduates of the college who became Methodist ministers. Dickinson College Library oval stamp also on front fixed endpapers and embossed stamp at lower edge of title pages. Former owner's name at head of vol. 1 title page and first page of text in vol. 2: N. Amory. Very scarce. The anonymous author of this anti-Jacobin novel was Jane West (1758-1852), an English novelist, poet, and playwright. In Very Good Conditon: sensitive spine and joint repair; ends of spines and corners rubbed; ink stains on vol. 1 title page; lacking both endpapers from vol. 2; shadow on edges of title pages from binding; otherwise clean and tight. Very Good. Item #003514

Price: $300.00

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