The Mysteries of Paris. A Romance of The Rich and Poor.
New York: J. Winchester, New World Press, 1844.
Hardcover. Tall quarto (11.75" tall). [1], 347 pages with print in double columns, [1]. Brownish marbled paper covered boards with leather corners and remnants of a leather spine. Old homemade repairs to the binding. Vintage blueish linen cloth now covers most of the spine. The front cover is near detached and held tenuous to the binding by the cloth. Old brown string cross stitches on the far left edge of the right front flyleaf. Rear hinge is cracked and back cover loose but attached. Text is moderately toned and foxed throughout with occasional small dried ink stains on the pages. The front end papers have old newspaper clippings pasted down including verse, poetry, etc. and an obituary for D. J. Halstead dated in 1881. A couple of vintage cards are laid inside the front cover including a 1923 Easter Card addressed to Mrs. Laura Clements of Lee Hall Virginia and a printed membership letterhead card for "Miss Lillian Phoebe Clements" from The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Pasted down on the blank end paper, preceding the title page, is an 1884 telegram from "The Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Telegraph Line" to "Mrs. Peters Halstead [of] Yorktown. The telegram informs of the death of Mrs. Naomi Halstead May 17th [signed] Mrs. Geo W May. Naomi Halstead's name is written in faint pencil on the title page and page 1. Fair. Item #27538
Price: $75.00