Shams or Uncle Ben's Experience with Hypocrites
A Story of simple Country Life giving a Humorous and Entertaining Picture of Every Day Life and Incidents in the Rural Districts, with Uncle Ben's trip to the City of Chicago and to California, and his Experience with the Shams and Sharpers of the Metropolitan World Chicago: Brock & Rankin, 1897.
Later printing. Hardcover. Octavo. xvi, pages 11-412 pages. Illustrated plum cloth hardcover with silver embossed portrait of "Uncle Ben" and silver title on the front cover. The front hinge is broken and partially repaired with old tape. The rear hinge is also broken and glued. Paper is browned and fragile but is in good shape for the type paper used. Previous owner inscriptions on the front blank end sheet and the blank verso of the frontispiece. Fair. Item #23692
Price: $17.00