[NEW YORK BINDING?]. The Course of Time: a poem

POLLOK, Robert

Published by Charles Wells, New York, 1833

About this Item

N.d. (ca. 1833). 16mo. [2], xiv, [3], 14-227, [4], 230-328, [1], iv-x pp. Contemporary beige calf elaborately gilt, a.e.g. Front free endpaper excised, binding with some minor refurbishment. Bound by Charles Well of New York (?) Charles Wells was described in New York City Directories as a bookbinder until at least 1832; thereafter he was listed as a bookseller; in 1838 he appears in the Directories as a publisher, and then in 1844 his trade is simply described as "books." There is a good possibility that the present binding came from his shop. Wells may have been the chief importer and user of English-made dies. Not in Edwin Wolf, "From Gothic Windows to Peacocks: American Embossed Leather Bindings, 1825-1855." * Early gift inscription from Ima Hitchcock to Emily Perkins, dated Dec. 25, 1856.

Seller Inventory # 331

Bibliographic Details

• Title: [NEW YORK BINDING?]. The Course of Time: a poem
• Publisher: Charles Wells, New York
• Publication Date: 1833
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Americana
  • Literature and Literary Studies
  • Bindings (Fine and Historic)