signed Original green, blindstamped cloth. Gilt lettered spine, all edges gilt.
1837 · London:
by Halsted, Caroline
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1837 Second edition, presentation copy.. Original green, blindstamped cloth. Gilt lettered spine, all edges gilt. . Twelvemo. Hand-colored engraved frontispiece, engraved vignette title-page, and eleven wood-engraved or steel engraved plates. Some wear and soiling to cloth. Sunning to spine. Bird of paradise engraving frontispiece. Light foxing on some plates. Plates throughout include tissue guards. Inscribed by the author to a friend, Mrs. John Shepard, in 1843. Autograph letter signed to the same recipient tipped onto the back end paper. Later owner's inscription, dated 1964. A very good copy. Caroline Amelia Halsted (1803/4-1848) (truncated)