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Published by William Marshall and Co., Philadelphia, 1839
Seller: UHR Books, Hollis Center, ME, U.S.A.
First Edition
Leather. Condition: Good. First Edition. With numerous contributors from Europe and America, including Harriet Beecher Stowe, 312 pages, illustrated. Gilt decorated leather binding has edge wear, inked inscription on flyleaf, minor foxing within the text, more significant foxing on the illustrations, front inner hinge is cracked. Book.
Published by William Marshall & Co., 1838
Seller: ALEXANDER POPE, Kent, CT, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. INMAN OPIE MORTON T WEBSTER J SARTAIN MISS SHARPE R WSTALL H CORBOULDNP WILLIAMS BARCLAY (illustrator). Special Edition. The Christian Keepsake appeared throughout 1830s, competing with other annuals such as The Biblical Keepsake, The Juvenile Keepsake, and The Historical Keepsake. Frontis engraving Rt. Rev. White by Inman plus ten other steel engravings with tissue guards and ghosts, by different artists and engravers.The Missionary by Morton, preaching to Native American Indians gathered in a semicircle before him is the first illustration in this 312 page "keepsake"!The first few pages have dark age spots. There is foxing and age spots throughout. A couple of the tissue guards are missing. Overall attractive No past names or extraneous markings aside from the age defects. 312 pp. FULL RED MOROCCO LEATHER BOUND GILT DECORATION GILT ALL AROUND THE EDGES.