[Rarebooks] FS: Collection of 19th Century Humor, 1854, price reduced

[Charles Agvent]

Price reduced to $65 NET

SHILLABER, Benjamin P. LIFE AND SAYINGS OF MRS. PARTINGTON AND OTHERS OF 
THE FAMILY. New York/Boston: J. C. Derby/Phillips, Sampson and Company, 
1854. First Edition. Original brown cloth. BAL 17540: State 1, Imprint 
A. Wright II #2208. Illustrated with 8 plates & text engravings. A 
collection of comic pieces including a brief chapter on Daguerrotypes. 
Head of spine chipped, some marginal dampstaining. Good+.

In 1851, Shillaber became the founding editor of the The Carpet-Bag, one 
of the country's first comic publications. An 1852 issue ran a short 
article titled "The Dandy Frightening the Squatter" by a 16-year old 
Samuel L. Clemens. (#003744) $125.00

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