Sir Mark: A Tale of the First Capital

FIRST PRINTING. Contents: PART I. AN ILL TURN IN THE OLD WORLD: I. Two Half-Crowns. II. The Lord of Lyonesse. III. The Lady of Lyonesse. PART II. GOOD TURN IN THE NEW: I. From the Records of Mr. David Blaythwait, Merchant of Philadelphia. II. The Hospitalities of the Capital. III. A Rout at Mrs. Bingham's. IV. Another Kind of Rout. V. A Gathering at Fraunces's. VI. Mr. Benezet Becomes Eloquent. VII. An Enterprise of Peril. VIII. An Ill Turn at the "King of Prussia". IX. A Good Turn at Mr. Washington's. Light brown cloth binding with gold gilt lettering on front cover and spine. 159 pages followed by 8 pages of advertisements for other D. Appleton publications. Gift inscription to original owner dated "September 2/96" on front endpaper and original owner's pastedown ID label on opposing endpaper. Minor bumping/scuffing to top and bottom of spine binding and corners, elsewise a a clean, tight copy! *NOTE: Additional shipping may be required for out-of-U.S. shipment! LBSW2.