THE LIFE, ADVENTURES AND OPINIONS OF DAVID THEO. HINES, OF SOUTH CAROLINA; Master of Arts, and, Sometimes, Doctor of Medicine; --alias, Dr. Hamilton, Col. Hamilton, Dr. Haynes [and 14 more doctors or military officers]...in a Series of Letters to His Friends. Written by himself

New York: Published by Bradley & Clark, 1840. 19 cm. 195pp. Original cloth backed drab paper boards, with printed paper label on spine (rubbed), scattered foxing. Bookplate of the Sondley Reference Library on front pastedown, F.A. Sondley's signature in pencil on front endpaper. Howes H-504. "[H]umorous masterpiece, the purported adventures of an engaging swindler who operated all through the South, and as far north as N. Y. Entered for copyright in the Ga. Dist. Court by Thos. E. Hollis, but possibly written by M. M. Noah, of Charleston and N. Y., to whom many references appear in the book." -- Wright Howes. (Inventory #: 69368)