(#162782) SAUNTERINGS. Charles Dudley Warner.

SAUNTERINGS. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, (Late Ticknor & Fields, and Fields, Osgood, & Co.), 1872. 12mo, pp. [i-ii] iii-v [vi] vii-xii [1-2] 3-289 [290: blank] [291-294: ads], original green cloth stamped in gold and blind, all edges stained red, black coated endpapers. First edition. Warner's second book. Sketches of travel in London and Europe, including walks and mountain climbing in the Alps. Warner (1829-1900), "an occasional novelist and poet, was more effective as a writer of sketches, which his warm humor and ingenious originality invariably made pleasant reading ... His travels in Europe and North America were extensive. In 1884 he joined the staff of HARPER'S MAGAZINE, and in 1892 succeeded William Dean Howells as editor of 'The Easy Chair.'" - Fullerton, p. 287. BAL 21124 (probable printing 1 of the ads). A bright, clean, nearly fine copy. (#162782).

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