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The life and writings of Major Jack Downing of Downingville : away down east in the state of Maine.
- Title
- The life and writings of Major Jack Downing of Downingville : away down east in the state of Maine.
- Author
- Smith, Seba, 1792-1868
- Publication
- Boston : Lilly, 1834, ©1833.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | 3936.2.358 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Sinclair Hamilton Collection of American Illustrated Books NjP
- Description
- xii, 260, [4] p., [9] leaves of plates : ill.; 19 cm.
- Alternative Title
- Jack Downing's letters
- Subject
- American wit and humor
- Genre/Form
- Relief prints.
- Publishers' cloth bindings (Binding) – 1834.
- Satires.
- Burlesques.
- Publishers' advertisements – Massachusetts – Boston.
- Note
- Publisher's advertisements, 4 p. at end.
- "Contains 6 wood engravings. These are unsigned, but the fact that they are by D.C. Johnston is mentioned in letter LXXI."--Cf. Hamilton.
- "Originally pub. in the Portland daily courier, Jan. 18, 1830-1833." -- Allibone.
- Indexed In (note)
- Williamson
- Hamilton, S. American book illustrators (1968 ed.)
- Provenance (note)
- Type written note from bookseller, indicating that this copy is a 1st. ed., laid in; now located in GC181.
- Tipped in is the obituary of "Major Jack Downing" from the Evening Post, dated August 3, 1868.
- Inscribed "Geo. Hoffman, 1833"--in ink, on p. 2 of cover.
- Binding (note)
- Brown cloth binding.
- OCLC
- ocm09304658
- 9304658
- SCSB-212611
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library