Lucy Boston; Or, Woman's Rights and Spiritualism Illustrating the Follies and Delusions of the Nineteenth Century
by Fred Folio
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
A$847.48A$762.74
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About This Item
New York: Alden and Beardsley, 1855. First edition. Cloth. Good. 7.5" by 5". None. The scarce first edition of this fascinating interdisciplinary satire, relating to feminism and spiritualism. The first edition of the work. Very scarce, particularly the Alden and Beardsley imprint. Hamilton 508. Illustrated with frontispiece, vignette, and eight plates. Collated complete. Written by Fred Folio, believed to be a pseudonym, little is known of the author. With a dedication to one 'T. P. Munrab', an anagram of P. T. Barnum. Folio dedicated the work to Barnum following his notable 'Fiji Mermaid hoax', considering Barnum a master fraudster and paving the way for many spiritualists to come. The work satirises both spiritualism and the women's rights movements, and although was met with criticism for the somewhat clumsy handling of the issues, is nonetheless an important contemporary work on the topics, ending with the epitaph "Spiritualism and Women's Rights! Twins in their birth and ill begot; Twins in their grave -- there let 'em rot." In the original black cloth binding. Externally, smart with rubbing and light bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine and marks to the board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd spot and light tide marks to pages one to forty. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Good
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 873T25
- Title
- Lucy Boston; Or, Woman's Rights and Spiritualism Illustrating the Follies and Delusions of the Nineteenth Century
- Author
- Fred Folio
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Alden and Beardsley
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1855
- Size
- 7.5" by 5"
- Keywords
- Lucy Boston Woman's Rights Spiritualism Boston
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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