Description: Georgia Scenes, Characters, Incidents, &c., In The First Half Of The Republic. By A Native Georgian. Second Edition. With Original Illustrations. By Augustus Baldwin Longstreet (A Native Georgian) Published: New York: Harper & Brothers, 1840. pp. iv, [5]-214 + [38]ads. 12 engraved plates. Hardcover in original cloth. Nice original bookplate of previous owner (looks like Oren L. North?) on front pastedown. Second (First Illustrated) Edition of these humorous realistic sketches of middle-class life in the Old South, written in the dialect of the locality and period. Georgia Scenes was one of the earliest and most popular manifestations of this kind of literature, which later developed in the writings of J.G.Baldwin, G.W.Harris, and Samuel Clemens. BAL 12946. Howes L-448. Sabin 41936. Not Ex-Lib. I've done my best to describe the book, but if you have additional questions, please don't hesitate to send me an e-mail.
Price: 150 USD
Location: Clemmons, North Carolina
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Year Printed: 1840
Topic: American (US)
Binding: Hardcover
Subject: History
Original/Facsimile: Original
Special Attributes: Illustrated
