A summer's travel to find a German home

[Dyer, Elisha.]

Published by Sidney S. Rider & Bro, Providence, 1864

About this Item

First edition, 12mo, pp. xii, 245, [1]; original brown diaper-patterned cloth; spine sunned, light foxing, one central gathering starting; all else very good, With a long contemporary inscription on the front free endpaper explaining the circumstances: "The story is told that Gov. Dyer submitted the manuscript of this book to Professor Diman and asked his opinion of it without telling him that he was the author. Diman read it and then told the Governor that it was very crude and utterly unfit for publication, but nevertheless Gov. Dyer published it. Subsequently it was suppressed by his family and the remainder of the edition sold for junk, but they were recovered from the junk dealer by Mr. Webb or a book dealer and so gradually distributed." Not in Smith, American Travellers Abroad.

Seller Inventory # 55183

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A summer's travel to find a German home
• Publisher: Sidney S. Rider & Bro, Providence
• Publication Date: 1864
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Seller catalogs:
  • Rhode Island
  • Travel
  • Americana