The Amethyst, or poetical gems, a gift book for all seasons

by Gift Book, Margaret P. Janes

$75 · Offered by Lorne Bair Rare Books

First edition

Boston: James French, 1849. First Edition. First printing. 24mo 12cm . Publisher's embossed cloth with gilt decorations on spine and front cover; all edges gilt; lithographed extra-title; v,6-127pp. Mild rubbing at spine and board edges, rear cover spotted and with a bit of silverfishing; about Very Good.An uncommon American gift book; not to be confused with the 1831 Baltimore

• Printing: first

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