The Quaker City; or, The Monks of Monk-Hall by George Lippard (First Edition)
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The Quaker City; or, The Monks of Monk-Hall by George Lippard (First Edition)
$3,750.00 USD
The Quaker City; or, The Monks of Monk-Hall by George Lippard (First Edition)
Authors: George Lippard
Location: Philadelphia
Publisher: Published by the Author, Philadelphia
Date: 1845
Edition: First Edition
Features: Title page dated 1845. Published by the Author, Philadelphia. Black cloth with gilt lettering, designs, and ruling. Text block edges rough-trimmed. Frontispiece (plate). 494 pages, pages 5-314 are printed in double; pages 315-494 are in single column. "Sensational expose novel in the manner of French feuilleton novels and British counterparts. Crime and supernaturalism in early 19th century Philadelphia." E.F. Bleiler, Guide to Supernatural Fiction, 1983, p. 315.
Book Condition: Good: Moderate wear to edges; bumping to corners. Cracks to front and rear joints. Binding intact. Foxing to endpapers, prelims and to pages throughout. Possibly staining to pages. Tears to frontispiece and title page.
Notes: "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1845 in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania", title page verso. WorldCat: 1845 Edition published by the author matches this copy.
HCX24789-1
Authors: George Lippard
Location: Philadelphia
Publisher: Published by the Author, Philadelphia
Date: 1845
Edition: First Edition
Features: Title page dated 1845. Published by the Author, Philadelphia. Black cloth with gilt lettering, designs, and ruling. Text block edges rough-trimmed. Frontispiece (plate). 494 pages, pages 5-314 are printed in double; pages 315-494 are in single column. "Sensational expose novel in the manner of French feuilleton novels and British counterparts. Crime and supernaturalism in early 19th century Philadelphia." E.F. Bleiler, Guide to Supernatural Fiction, 1983, p. 315.
Book Condition: Good: Moderate wear to edges; bumping to corners. Cracks to front and rear joints. Binding intact. Foxing to endpapers, prelims and to pages throughout. Possibly staining to pages. Tears to frontispiece and title page.
Notes: "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1845 in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania", title page verso. WorldCat: 1845 Edition published by the author matches this copy.
HCX24789-1