The new age of gold; or the life and adventures of Robert Dexter Romaine.

by himself by George Payson

$125 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books · No longer available

First edition

Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1856. First edition, 8vo, pp. 5 , vi-xii, 13-403, 5 ; original blind-stamped brown cloth, gilt-stamped spine; one gathering extended, spine extremities and corners scuffed; otherwise very good. The author knew little of ships and shipwrecks, but wanted to write another Robinson Crusoe with a bride and a bear added to the list of characters Huntress . And my friend Greg Gibson writes: The adventures of a Newburyport

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