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The Quaker city, or, The monks of Monk-Hall a romance of Philadelphia life, mystery and crime

Title
The Quaker city, or, The monks of Monk-Hall [electronic resource] : a romance of Philadelphia life, mystery and crime / by George Lippard.
Author
Lippard, George, 1822-1854.
Publication
Philadelphia : The author, [1849, c1845]
Supplementary Content
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Details

Additional Authors
  • Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888.
  • Hitchcock, DeWitt C.
  • Brightly, Joseph H., 1818-1901.
Description
2 v. : ill.; 24 cm.
Alternative Title
Monks of Monk-Hall
Subject
  • Crime > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Fiction
  • Philadelphia (Pa.) > Social life and customs > Fiction
Note
  • Vol. 2 has caption title only: "The Quaker city. Volume II."
  • Added engr. t.p. has the illustrations, drawn by D.C. Hitchcock, used for the paper cover of earlier editions.
  • Front. illustrated by F.O.C. Darley, and engr. by Brightly.
  • "Pref. to the twenty-seventh American edition."--[2] p. inserted between title leaf and p. 3 in v. 1. Dated: Philadelphia, February 22, 1849.
  • "The present book ... was commenced on the 5th of September 1844, and published in ten numbers ... I now present the work to the public in complete form, after nine editions in numbers ..."--The origin and object of this book, p. [4]. Dated: May 5, 1845.
  • Vol. 1: [2], 206 p., [2] leaves of plates; v. 2: p. 207-494.
  • Pages 5-314 printed in two columns.
  • Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.
  • Sabin no. 41396.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
OCLC
TGPSM09-B120
Author
Lippard, George, 1822-1854.
Title
The Quaker city, or, The monks of Monk-Hall [electronic resource] : a romance of Philadelphia life, mystery and crime / by George Lippard.
Imprint
Philadelphia : The author, [1849, c1845]
Edition
[27th American ed.].
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Local Note
Arts and Literature; Travel.
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Full text online available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL
Added Author
Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888.
Hitchcock, DeWitt C.
Brightly, Joseph H., 1818-1901.
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