- Additional Authors
- Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888.
- Description
- [2], 7-190 p., [5] leaves of plates : ill.; 20 cm.
- Series Statement
- Library of humorous American works
- Subject
- Note
- Cover title: Mysteries of the backwoods by T.B. Thorpe ... with beautiful illustrations from original designs by Darley. Philadelphia, T.B. Peterson & Bros.
- Added illustrated t.p.
- "Library of humorous American works. With illustrations by Darley."--cover. Cf. Smither, N. Library of humorous American works: A bibliographical study, 1936, p. 57-58, where this title, first issued by Peterson in 1865, is listed as no. 13 in the series.
- Some engravings by J.H. Brightly and R.S. Gilbert.
- Lithographed cover signed: T. Sinclair's Lith., Philada. A. Bigot, fecit.
- Publisher's advertisement for the Library of humorous American works, "Price 75 cents each," p. [4] of cover. According to Smither, the price was raised to 75 cents in 1869 when the publisher issued "the thirty-three titles accepted today as the Peterson 'Library of humorous American works.'"
- Title-vignette.
- Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.
- Sabin no. 95663.
- Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
- Reproduction (note)
- OCLC
- Author
Thorpe, Thomas Bangs, 1815-1878.
- Title
Mysteries of the backwoods [electronic resource] : including character, scenery and rural sports / by T.B. Thorpe ; with a portrait of Tom Owen, the bee hunter and other original illustrations, by Felix O.C. Darley.
- Imprint
Philadelphia : T.B. Peterson & Bros., [1869?] [c1865]
- Series
Library of humorous American works
- Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, 2013. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
- Local Note
Arts and Literature; Travel.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888.