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Published by Forgotten Books, 2018
ISBN 10: 1333371489ISBN 13: 9781333371487
Seller: Forgotten Books, London, United Kingdom
Book Print on Demand
Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. Excerpt from The Swamp Doctor's Adventures in the South West. About the Publisher, Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. This text has been digitally restored from a historical edition. Some errors may persist, however we consider it worth publishing due to the work's historical value. The digital edition of all books may be viewed on our website before purchase. print-on-demand item.
Published by T.B. Peterson and Brothers [1858], Philadelphia, 1858
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Thus. Two volumes in one; octavo (19cm.); publisher's dark brown blind-lettered and -ruled cloth, gilt-embossed spine, yellow endpapers; [2],302,[1],x,187,[1],4pp.; frontispiece and added pictorial title page plus twelve leaves of unnumbered plates after illustrations by F.O.C. Darley. Boards a bit scuffed wtih exposure at corners and crown; spine cloth slightly faded, else Very Good and internally sound. Upper cover blind-lettered within lozenge "Peterson's Illustrated Uniform Edition of Humorous American Works." First combined edition of Lewis's "Odd Leaves of a Louisiana Swamp-Doctor" and Robb's "Streaks of a Squatter Life" published from remaindered leaves of both titles. See Wright I 1659 for the first (1850) edition of the former and 2126 for the first (1847) edition of the latter. See also HOWES L-313 and R-335; and SABIN 94822 for this edition.