New York, Philadelphia, Boston: Wilson and Co., Burgess & Zieber, E. P. Williams, Redding & Co. From 1843. (2), 142, (2), 255, (2), 64, (1), 29, (2), 30, (1). 530 pp. 4to. Half modern leather and marbled board. Binding very good. Contents foxed and lightly toned, occasional roughly opened leaves, edgewear. Some pages uncut. Pages unmarked. The first 9 works in the volume are issues of "Brother Jonathan," a popular Quaker periodical, from 1843. Brother Jonathan was a weekly publication operated by Benjamin Day (founder of the New York Sun and a bit of a sensationalist) from 1842 to 1862, and was the first weekly illustrated publication in the United States. The name of the publication was a reference to Brother Jonathan, a common cultural reference (at the time) to a fictional character personifying the entire United States, similar to Uncle Sam. Includes: Sister Anne; The Last Of The Barons; Adam Brown: The Merchant; Le Mouchoir: An Autobiographical Romance; The Roue: Or the Hazards of Women; Anselmo: The Grand Master of the Secret Order; The Grand Vizier's Daughter: An Historical Romance of the Fifteenth Century; Melanthe: Or The Days of the Medici. A Sequel to "The Grand Vizier's Daughter."; The Fortunes of Caleb Stukely. The final 3 works in the volume are The Child Of The Wreck, A Tale of the Nineteenth Century. by Harry Stevens. Phila: Burgess & Zieber, 1843. Contains title, but any other preliminary leaves are lacking; The Tailor's Apprentice. A Story of Cruelty and Oppression. Lacking title and any other preliminary leaves; and The Gipsy Of The Highlands: Or, The Jew and the Heir. by J. H. Ingraham. Bos: Redding & Co., 1843. Contains title, lacks any other preliminary leaves.

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12 Titles in 1 Volume, Including 9 Numbers of "Brother Jonathan

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NY, Phil., etc.: Wilson & Co., Burgess & Zieber, etc.

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1843

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