[Rarebooks] FS: 1844: Cats, snake eating, ballooning, etc., price reduced

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Price reduced to $60 NET

CLARK, Willis Gaylord (CLARK, Lewis Gaylord; editor). THE LITERARY 
REMAINS OF THE LATE WILLIS GAYLORD CLARK. INCLUDING THE OLLAPODIANA 
PAPERS, THE SPIRIT OF LIFE, AND A SELECTION FROM THE VARIOUS PROSE AND 
POETICAL WRITINGS. New York: Burgess, Stringer, & Co., 1844. First 
Edition. BAL 3282. The clothbound issue rebound in contemporary half 
black morocco leather. Edited by the Philadelphia journalist Clark's 
twin brother and co-editor of the Knickerbocker Magazine, Lewis, 
predating Lewis's first book by eight years. Includes articles on cats, 
snake eating, ballooning, and observations of life in general: "It is 
astonishing how many stupid people you meet in society; fellows with 
brains in their purses, who will talk you an infinite deal of nothing, 
and thus beget a reputation of being remarkably fluent and agreeable 
persons.... A great many young men imagine that any thing can be said to 
a woman in the way of nonsense, and relished to boot." This a sampling 
from just one of the 480 pages. Gordon-Nash 1895 library bookplate, 
pocket, and blindstamps. Some foxing. Very Good. (#004000)        $75.00

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