Bellow Falls, Vermont: Bill Blake & Co, 1818. 8vo. 180 x 115 mm. (7 1/4 x 4 1/2 inches). 180 pp. Contemporary calf binding with red leather spine label. Rubbing to edges and cover. Half of front flyleaf is missing and rear attached endpaper is partially loose. Some light foxing, otherwise a very good copy. Fessenden (1771 -1837) was a poet, inventor and lawyer from New Hampshire. Considered an authentic American voice, his contemporary Nathaniel Hawthorne once praised his work as a "truly Yankee effusion." This book, written in the form of a conversation between a young maiden, Narcissa, and an unnamed older male mentor. The conversation serves to warn young women from being fascinated by fashion and looks when picking a mate and to not disregard the charms of a "provincial suitor" (Kelly). Shaw, American Bibliography 44034. McCorison, Vermont Imprints, 2015. Kelly, Catherine E. In the New England Fashion: Reshaping Women's Lives in the Nineteenth Century, Cornell University Press, 2018, p. 134. .

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Bookseller: De Simone Company, Booksellers (US)
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Title: The Ladies Monitor, A Poem
Author: Fessenden, Thomas G
Book Condition: Used
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Publisher: Bill Blake & Co
Place of Publication: Bellow Falls, Vermont
Date Published: 1818

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Calf: Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
New: A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
Spine Label: The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...