- Additional Authors
- Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888.
- Description
- 217 p. : ill.; 20 cm.
- Series Statement
- Library of humorous American works
- Subject
- American wit and humor
- Note
- Cover title: Major Jones's courtship. With additional letters and thirteen engravings ... Philadelphia, T.B. Peterson & Bro.
- 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 1856, is listed as no. 1 in the series.
- Illustration on added title page signed: Gilbert & Gihon sc.
- 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.'"
- Illustrations, including frontispiece and added engraved title page, included in pagination.
- Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.
- Sabin no. 95543.
- Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
- Reproduction (note)
- OCLC
- Author
Jones, Joseph, 1812-1882.
- Title
Major Jones's courtship [electronic resource] : detailed with other scenes, incidents and adventures, in a series of letters / by himself, with additional letters ; and thirteen illustrations by Darley.
- Imprint
Philadelphia : T.B. Peterson and Bros., [1869?] [c1848]
- 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.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888.