Quodlibet: Containg Some Annals Thereof with an Authentic Account of the Origin and Growth of the Borough and the Sayings and Doings of Sundry of the Townspeople; etc. (First Edition)

[Kennedy, John P.]

Published by Lea & Blanchard, Philadelphia, 1840

About this Item

FIRST EDITION, first printing. Full grey cloth with spotting and soiling. Spine has been relaid, gilt on spine is muted and spine is darkened from handling, lacking front free endpage and, perhaps, half-title. Gerneral light foxing. A few pages unintentionally dog eared. Stringers visible at the gutter of the title page. 350pp. Overall in FAIR condition. A GOOD reading copy. John Pendleton Kennedy (October 25, 1795 August 18, 1870) served as United States Secretary of the Navy from July 26, 1852 to March 4, 1853, during the administration of President Millard Fillmore, and as a Congressman from the fourth district of Maryland. He was the brother of senator Anthony Kennedy. Kennedy was a good friend of the famous writer and poet Edgar Allan Poe and that while abroad he became a friend of William Makepeace Thackeray and wrote or outlined the fourth chapter of the second volume of The Virginians, a fact which accounts for the great accuracy of its scenic descriptions. Of his works Horse-Shoe Robinson is the best and ranks high in antebellum fiction. He sometimes used the pen name Mark Littleton. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Quodlibet: Containg Some Annals Thereof with an Authentic Account of the Origin and Growth of the Borough and the Sayings and Doings of Sundry of the Townspeople; etc. (First Edition)
• Publisher: Lea & Blanchard, Philadelphia
• Publication Date: 1840
• Binding: Full Cloth
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Fair
• Book Type: Hardcover
• Seller catalogs:
  • First Editions
  • Americana
  • X2X