Buy this book on-line Curtis, George William : The Potiphar PapersG. P. Putnam and Company, New York, 1853
Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine and impressed decorations on front and back covers. Top edge gilt. 5 3/8" x 7 5/8." 251 pages, complete. Seven black and white plates, complete. Embossed seal of E. W. Abbey, a book dealer, on front free endpaper. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. Top edge of the spine has some chipping. Some of the pages have slight foxing. This book is a satire on American high society during the 1850s. Although the Bibliography of American Literature (BAL) calls this "State B" (no priority), it gives every indication that this is the earliest issue. Cited from the Bibliography of American Literature (BAL), no. 4267: "Noted in the following states. The sequence is not known: A: Top edges gilt. 10 plates inserted. B: Top edges gilt. 7 plates inserted. C: Top edges plain. 10 plates inserted. D: Top edges plain. 7 plates inserted. Some significance may attach to the fact that the Fifth Thousand (1854); the Sixth Thousand (1854); and the Dix, Edwards reprint of 1856, have ten plates each. Listed as a November publication NLG Dec. 15, 1853. Distributed in London by Sampson Low whose imported edition was listed in PC Feb. 1, 1854. The Beeton (London) edition listed PC Dec. 18, 1865.". Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Curtis, George William : The Potiphar Papers. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including atlases, antiquarian books, collectables, livres rares and libri antichi. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |