Author: Arthur, Timothy Shay.
Title: Sketches of Life and Character.
Description: Philadelphia: J. W. Bradley, 1850. 0. Hardcover. Large octavo. vi, 7-416pp. Second edition. Contemporary red cloth, with 3 rules in blind. A floral design in blind surrounds a gilt floral design in the center of both covers. Spine decorated in gilt. All edges gilt. On the lower cover, in the center of the bottom rules, blindstamped by the binder's mark: "Nicholson & Cook, Binders. Philada." With 16 engravings and a portrait of the author. First edition was published in 1849. Presentation copy. Good.

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