[4], 416 p.; 29 cm. Contemporary full calf with five spine compartments between raised bands. Slip for repair by Pawson & Nicholson, bookbinders, Philadelphia, tipped on to p. 416. Title at head of first page of each issue: "Waldie's Select Circulating Library." Small engraved bookplate of the Library company of Philadelphia on front fixed endpaper with motto "Communiter bona profundere deorum est," which is stamped in red "Duplicate Sold." Contents include: Lives and Exploits of Banditti and Robbers by C. MacFarlane; Semi-Serious Observations of an Italian Exile by Count Pecchio; Memoirs of Hortense Beauharnais; Wacousta, or, The Prophecy [by John Richardson]; and Rambles of a Naturalist by the late Dr. Godman. In Good Condition: front board and front free endpaper are detached but present; leather is rubbed; lacking original leather spine label; title page and several page edges have old repairs; scattered foxing; otherwise, clean and solid.

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Title

The Select Circulating Library: Containing the Best Popular Literature, Including Memoirs, Biography, Novels, Tales, Travels, Voyages, &c. -- Vol. I, nos. 1-26, Jan. 15-July 9, 1833

Publisher

Adam Waldie, Philadelphia

Publication Date

1833

Binding

Hardcover

Condition

Good

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