The Lady's Wreath: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1844; embellished with Splendid Steel Engravings, Coloured Flowers, Music, Etc.
Philadelphia: William S. Young, 1844. Hardcover. 284 p., frontispiece and 6 additional leaves of plates; 23 cm. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and decoration; blind-stamped decoration on both boards. Yellow endpapers. Inscribed on front free endpaper: "To Mary, from Curtis New years Day 1844." Not in Faxon. The publisher reissued vol. 1, nos. 1-5, of The Lady's Wreath, and Young Ladies' Magazine as an annual for 1844 with a different title page. Contents include poetry and fiction by Lydia Jane Pierson, Marguerite St. Leon Loud, C. Theresa Clarke, Mary L. Willson, George Lippard, Rose Newman, and Jack Gasket. Includes lyrics and music for Adieu! Ye Streams by Reissiger -- My Love is Journeying O'er the Sea by Barry Cornwall and G.J. Webb -- Oh! Is that Heart Still Mine! by F.W. Rosier -- 'Tis Sweet to Think There is a Spot by William Patten -- 'Ere round the Huge Oak by Shield and O'Keefe. The plates include engraved illustrations to accompany some of the contents and hand-colored flower plates. In Fair+ Condition: cloth is rubbed, splitting over both joints, and frayed at spine ends and board edges; minor loss of cloth at spine ends; lacking table of contents? and pp. 1-2 of text; light foxing throughout; otherwise, clean and tight. Fair +. Item #003992
Price: $45.00