The Young Lady's Mentor: A Guide to the Formation of Character

See photos for condition details. Hardcover, marbled paper covered boards with half leather to spine. Exterior is heavily worn as are the edges and corners. Leather on spine also shows heavy wear and chipping with the exterior hinge on front board having leather cracked with binding string showing. Hinge crack can also be seen on the interior front though text pages are not affected. No publication date listed - nothing on the title page and copyright page is blank. Presumed publication date of 1866 based on the publisher name on the title page being listed as "Theodore Bliss & Co." instead of "H. C. Beck & Theodore Bliss" - which is shown on printings of 1851-1855. There is also a lightly penciled name on the second front end page along with a date of December 25, 1872. No other handwriting found in the book. Text pages are bright for their age with only minor foxing and toning present though the illustration pages are dark as they were done on a different type of paper. There are two pre-frontispiece illustrations which still have the original tissue guard present and attached. Note: The second illustration does show the proper publishers name of Peck & Bliss. This may be an earlier printing but we listed the 1866 date as this was how the book was advertised in an 1866 publication entitled "Uniform Trade List Circular: For the Benefit of Publishers, Booksellers, News Dealers, and Stationers (November 1866 edition)".…