A Boat to Richmond, Or the Excursion
Boston: Munroe and Francis. Wraps. Fair. Item #009314
ISBN: noisbn
no date, perhaps circa 1827, based on OCLC records. Illustrated front wrap, LACKING the rear wrap. 47 pp. Illustration on the inside front cover, with a small illustration on the title page and one in the text. A short tale, somewhat moral in tone, about a family with an impish daughter, who is rather spoiled by the father, but eventually reforms after hearing a cautionary story from a boatman. FAIR condition, lacking the rear wraps. Heavy browning and staining to the front wrap and last blank page, with creasing to the front wrapper. Extremities bumped, chipped, torn and worn, with the wrapper mostly missing along the spine. Interior illustrations colored in in a haphazard/sloppy manner. Heavy browning to the paper, with staining, foxing and soiling throughout.
Price: $75.00