30th Mar, 2016 10:00

Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts
 
Lot 300
 
Lot 300 - [CROCKETT, Davy (1786-1836)].  Twenty-Five...

[CROCKETT, Davy (1786-1836)].  Twenty-Five Cents Worth of Nonsense; or, the Treasure Box of Unconsidered Trifles Not Particularly Noticed by the Author of Junius, But Picked up in the Way of Variety, All Along Shore, by Way of Experiment on the Public Risibles By the Man That Sits on his Cellar Door Every Night, and Whistles to his Cat. [Philadelphia]: [A. Fisher, Successor to Turner & Fisher]: [c.1850]. 8vo. (Lacking printed wrappers, half title trimmed and tipped on to front endpapers, some tearing on a couple of pages, with minor loss to text). Near contemporary quarter calf (joints and hinges split, rubbing to boards).  Contains a number of stories and engravings about Davy Crockett and the Mexican-American War,  political satires. RARE, no copy recorded in the British Library or in COPAC. NOT IN SABIN.  Sold not subject to return.
Estimated at £200 - £300

 

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