A Quarter Race in Kentucky, and Other Sketches, Illustrative of Scenes, Characters and Incidents Throughout “The Universal Yankee Nation”

by William T. Porter

$750 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

First edition

Darley, F.O.C. First edition. Frontispiece, engraved title page dated 1846. With illustrations by F.O.C. Darley. 203, 19+3, catalogue pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Half red morocco and marbled boards, preserving original publisher’s limp leather covers and printed label. Binding a bit rubbed, occasional spotting and soiling to text. Bookplate of the Jockey Club. Near fine copy. Henderson pp. 200, 240; Wright I, 2063; for Hawes, cf.

• Binding: Leather

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