8vo. x, [2], (11)-364 pp. Original blind and gilt-stamped cloth; light fraying to head of spine. Printed by C.W. Benedict, NY. Very good copy. A prolific author, poet, magazine editor, and highly regarded in his time, such that when he died, suffering from epilepsy, bookstores closed in his honor. This work, written late in his life (before he became sick), includes a wide array of sketches, or letters written from Plymouth, Cape Code, New Bedford, Walton, Delaware, Montrose, Lake Mahopac, Erie, Cozzen's House Hotel (built in 1867) of Omaha, Nebraska, Ramapo, and Westchester County, New York,...
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