My Early Days

Ferguson, Walter, Esq.

Published by Bowles & Dearborn, Boston, 1827

About this Item

Stated Second Edition on front cover. A memoir/autobiography by the son of a Scottish clergyman regrading their faiths. Paper covered boards with red leather spine. Front and rear boards are illustrated (rear has sketch of the publishers establishment). An ex-private library copy with their period bookplate (c.1800s) on front paste-down; a collection # on spine. A warm inscription on front free end-paper " Keep the heart with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life"(see photo), dated 1830. Scattered moderate foxing throughout, with wavy pages. Extremities of book boards are gently shelf-worn, with spine crown and tail being frayed and lacking approx. 1/8" each of leather. Overall, a tight copy, with only a very tiny ink number written on the dedication page. Hard to find title. Protected in a mylar slip. Seller Inventory # 003141

Bibliographic Details

Title: My Early Days

Publisher: Bowles & Dearborn, Boston

Publication Date: 1827

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Very Good