[Rarebooks] Very Early Lakeside Press William Penn

Garry R Austin mail at austinsbooks.com
Wed Sep 24 10:58:16 EDT 2008


For your consideration, we are offering the following book;

Penn, William. FRUITS OF SOLITUDE; REFLECTIONS AND MAXIMS RELATING TO  
THE CONDUCT OF HUMAN LIFE. Chicago: The Lakeside Press, R. R.  
Donnelley & Sons Company, 1906. Duodecimo, green cloth, gilt. Top edge  
gilt. 130pp. Portrait frontispiece. Very good. Just a hint of wear at  
the very foot of the spine. A publisher's preface and an introduction  
by editor, John Vance Cheney precedes the text. The fourth Lakeside  
Classic. Very scarce. Cheney notes that the copy followed here is the  
Philadelphia, 1794 eleventh edition. $1750.00  Trade discount applies,  
shipping is postpaid. Thank you,

Garry R Austin
mail at austinsbooks.com
Austin's Antiquarian Books
PO Box 730
Wilmington, VT 05363
802 464-8438






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