Dreams and Reveries of a Quiet Man, Consisting of the Little Genius, and Other Essays. By One of the Editors of the New-York Mirror
by [FAY, THEODORE SEDGWICK]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Cloth and labels a little stained and worn; some light foxing; a very good copy.
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Printed and Published by J. & J. Harper, 1832, 1832. First edition. BAL 5687; American Imprints 12383. Cloth and labels a little stained and worn; some light foxing; a very good copy.. 2 vols, 12mo, original rose linen and printed paper labels. The first book by Knickerbocker writer and later diplomat, Theodore Sedgwick Fay (1807-1898), a collection of genial Irvingesque essays and sketches that originally appeared in the New York Mirror, of which Fay was an editor along with George Pope Morris and John Inman. See the DAB.
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- Bookseller
- The Brick Row Book Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28252
- Title
- Dreams and Reveries of a Quiet Man, Consisting of the Little Genius, and Other Essays. By One of the Editors of the New-York Mirror
- Author
- [FAY, THEODORE SEDGWICK]
- Format/Binding
- BAL 5687; American Imprints 12383
- Book Condition
- Used - Cloth and labels a little stained and worn; some light foxing; a very good copy.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: Printed and Published by J. & J. Harper, 1832
- Date Published
- 1832
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