The old house

by the river. By the author of The Owl Creek Letters by William Cowper Prime

$2,250 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

First edition · Signed

New York: Harper & Bros. 1853. First edition, 12mo, pp. 13 , 14-318; original green cloth, gilt-stamped spine; light wear, spine dull, binding a bit skewed; a good copy. Inscribed: Fanny Melville, / with the respects of / J. C. Hoadley, / Arrowhead / Aug. 20, 1853. John Chipman Hoadley 1818-1886 , the respected engineer, married Herman Melville's younger sister Catherine Gansevoort Melville 1825-1905 September 15, 1853 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts,

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