Philadelphia: Published by John Sartain & Co., January- December 1849 (volume IV, Numbers 1-6; Volume V, numbers 1-6). Octavo, 12 issues, illustrations, contemporary three-quarter leather and marbled boards. Contents include an Adirondack Indian story, "Tomo, and the Wild Lakes" by Rev. John Todd in the January 1849 issue, a serial, "The Price of Blood: A Tale of Crime and Retribution" by Henry William Herbert, a serialized pirate tale, "The Black Rover; A Story of the West Indies" by Charles J. Peterson, a long illustrated serial, "Roanoke; or, Where is Utopia?" by Calvin Henderson Wiley (published later in book form as LIFE IN THE SOUTH: A COMPANION TO UNCLE TOM'S CABIN [Philadelphia: Peterson, (cop. 1851)]). Poetry by Henry W. Longfellow, "The Bells" a poem by Edgar Allan Poe. Contributions by John Neal, Mrs. C. M. Kirkland, T. S. Arthur, Charles G. Leland, and many others. Heartman and Canny, pp. 265-267.Mott I, pp. 769-772. Mild spotting and foxing, some offset from plates on adjacent leaves, very good overall. (#174411).
Price: $250.00
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