Author: [Davis, Charles Augustus]
Title: Letters of J. Downing, Major, Downingville Militia, Second Brigade, to His Old Friend, Mr. Dwight, of the New-York Daily Advertiser
Description: New-York: Harper & Brothers, 1834. 1834. New-York: Harper & Brothers, 1834. 1834. Good. - Small octavo, brown cloth with a printed paper label on the spine. The covers are rubbed and stained and the label is chipped. ix, [i], 270, [10], 9, & [3] pages, illustrated with 2 frontispieces, a pictorial title page, and 6 plates. The deckle-edged leaves are occasionally creased. An early owner's inscription is penned on the verso of the first frontispiece. Good.

The third edition of this American satire written in dialect. [See BAL 4495]. Good .

Keywords: LITERATURE; AMERICANA; SATIRE; COLLOQUIALISM; CHARLES AUGUSTUS DAVIS; LETTERS; J. DOWNING; ILLUSTRATED; PLATES; ILLUSTRATIONS; MR. DWIGHT; MAJOR; DOWNINGVILLE MILITIA; POLITICAL SATIRE; POLITICS; LANGUAGE; DIALECT; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY.

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