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Auction Closed
October 28, 08:54 PM GMT
Estimate
1,500 - 2,500 USD
Lot Details
Description
Green, J[onathan] H[Arrington]
Twelve days in the Tombs; Or, a Sketch of the Last Eight Years of the Reformed Gambler's Life. New York: T. W. Strong; Boston: G. W. Cottrell & Co., 1851
12mo (178 x 114). A very bright and fresh copy. Publisher's brown cloth blocked in blind, spine lettered and ornately decorated gilt; minor losses to spine ends, short splits at top and bottom of lower joint.
The second edition, following the first of the previous year. Scarce: only one copy has sold at auction in 2015, and Worldcat locates six copies in American institutions.