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Published by T B Peterson, Philadelphia, USA
Seller: Black Cat Bookshop P.B.F.A, Leicester, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Undated. 1836 (?). Possible 1st edition. Undated apart from preface dated 1836. Famous anti-Catholic story. 40 engravings plus frontis. Publishers dark blue cloth, titled black and gilt. Floral design on upper board & gilt titles and design on spine. Front hinge pulled exposing the first few gathers - could be repaired. Rear hinge pulled. No dustwrapper as issued.
Published by Published by T. B. Peterson 101 Chestnut Street, First Philadelphia Edition . 1836., 1836
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Hard back binding in dark green cloth covers, gilt lettering to the spine and upper panel. 8vo 7'' x 4¼'' 196 pp. Illustrated with upwards of forty monochrome engravings. This edition not in Sabin. The authorship was attributed to the Rev. J. J. Slocum, and it was published simultaneously in America and England under slightly different titles. The 'London Literary Gazette' in 1851 stated ''that since the first appearance of Maria Monk's 'Disclosures' in 1836, from 200,000 to 250,000 copies have been put in circulation.'' The horrifying scenes it describes allegedly took place at the Hotel Dieu Nunnery at Montreal; these include the illicit relations between nuns and the neighbouring monks; infanticide; torture; murder; etc. Rebinding condition with upper hinge broken and first pages loose, snagging of cloth across spine ends. Member of the P.B.F.A. BIO (Résumé, Memoir).