Published by Robert M. De Witt; De Witt and Davenport,, 1855
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First edition (no additional printings listed). Original pictorial cloth, 5 ¼ x 7 5/8 inches, xi +344 pp + ads. Hardcover, fair. Corners bumped with cardboard exposed there and at spots along edges of boards, spine and margins of boards faded, approximately 1/8th inch chipping at head and foot of spine, previous owner's inscriptions, foxed throughout, two dogears, one gathering detached and laid-in, shaken; a decent original reading copy. Full title: The escaped nun: or, Disclosures of convent life ; and the confessions of a Sister of Charity. : Giving a more minute detail of their inner life, and a bolder revelation of the mysteries and secrets of nunneries, than have ever before been submitted to the American public. Religion; anti-Catholic.