Etna Vandemir: A Romance of Kentucky and The Great Uprising

by Sallie J. Hancock

$750 · Offered by Burnside Rare Books

First edition · Signed

New York: Cutter, Tower & Co., 1863. First edition, first printing of the author's first novel. Presentation copy signed by Hancock on the fly-leaf to the recipient, with compliments of the author, May 6th 1863. As was typical in the mid 19th century, it was inscribed by the author without her name written. 366 pp. Bound in publisher's green-black bead-grain cloth stamped in blind and in gilt, yellow coated

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