first edition Wraps
1857 · Charleston
by Perry, Hon. Benj. F.
Charleston: Walker, Evans & Co, 1857. First Edition. Wraps. Fair. Disbound wraps. 64 pages. Moderate toning and foxing to the contents. Contents include the speech of Perry and a detailed list of articles displayed at the Fair of the South Carolina Institute. A sampling of articles exhibited at the fair include cordials, jelly, corn, capers, Cayenne peppers, olives, butter biscuits, lemon biscuits, ginger nuts, Yams, Water Melon, fruits, Bitters, Pyramid Cake, small carriage, rice pounding mill, cotton gin, model steam engine, boats, steamers, grist mill, woolen cloth, quilt, flowers, slippers, art, book binding, and much more. This is a pre-Civil (truncated)