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The Tangletown Letters: Being the Reminiscences, Observations, and Opinions of Timotheus Trapp [pseud], Esq. Including a Report of the Great Mammothic Reform Convention.
by [Reynolds, Elhanan Winchester]
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Spine sunned, with a spot of fading or staining to the rear board and some light sunning and bumping to the edges and corners; a
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Buffalo: Wanzer, McKim, 1856 First edition.. Spine sunned, with a spot of fading or staining to the rear board and some light sunning and bumping to the edges and corners; a couple of gatherings just a bit sprung, some light soiling and spotting; a very good copy.. 8vo, original blind-stamped blue-green cloth, gilt spine, 300, 12, 48 pages. Frontis, five plates by Frederick M. Coffin. A satirical novel poking fun at abolitionists and suffragists, with digressive attacks on progressive authors, spiritualists, and domestic upheaval of all stripes. Wright II, 2020, this copy including the 48-page promotional excerpt of the Wanzer, McKim novel The Montgomerys (including its separate title page) at the end. Front blank excised.
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- Bookseller
- Garrett Scott, Bookseller (ABAA)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19658
- Title
- The Tangletown Letters: Being the Reminiscences, Observations, and Opinions of Timotheus Trapp [pseud], Esq. Including a Report of the Great Mammothic Reform Convention.
- Author
- [Reynolds, Elhanan Winchester]
- Book Condition
- Used - Spine sunned, with a spot of fading or staining to the rear board and some light sunning and bumping to the edges and corners; a
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition.
- Publisher
- Wanzer, McKim,
- Place of Publication
- Buffalo:
- Date Published
- 1856
- Bookseller catalogs
- Reform; Satire; Fiction;
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Garrett Scott, Bookseller (ABAA)
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Garrett Scott, Bookseller (ABAA)
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
About Garrett Scott, Bookseller (ABAA)
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