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Five Volumes of Southwestern Humor
T.B. Peterson, publisher
PETERSEN, Theophilus B., publisher (1823-1891) and Felix O.C. DARLEY, illustrator (1822-1888). [Five volumes from the Library of Humorous American Works.] Philadelphia, c.1860.
Southwestern humor, stories from 1830-1860. Tales include: "The Big Bear of Arkansas," "Western Scenes, or Life on the Prairie," "Streaks of Squatter Life," "Louisiana Swamp Doctor," "Pickings from the Picayunne." T.W. Peterson, the brother of Saturday Evening Post owner Charles Jacobs Peterson (1818-1887), was a leading publisher of sensational fiction.
Five volumes, octavo (195 x 120mm). Original pictorial wrappers (some chipping to spine ends, one volume with repairs; a couple covers starting to detach). Custom cloth clamshell case. Provenance: William Van Winkle (bookplate in one volume) – Harry Twyford Peters (bookplate in one volume) – Miss C. Lafferty (ownership inscription to one volume).
T.B. Peterson, publisher
PETERSEN, Theophilus B., publisher (1823-1891) and Felix O.C. DARLEY, illustrator (1822-1888). [Five volumes from the Library of Humorous American Works.] Philadelphia, c.1860.
Southwestern humor, stories from 1830-1860. Tales include: "The Big Bear of Arkansas," "Western Scenes, or Life on the Prairie," "Streaks of Squatter Life," "Louisiana Swamp Doctor," "Pickings from the Picayunne." T.W. Peterson, the brother of Saturday Evening Post owner Charles Jacobs Peterson (1818-1887), was a leading publisher of sensational fiction.
Five volumes, octavo (195 x 120mm). Original pictorial wrappers (some chipping to spine ends, one volume with repairs; a couple covers starting to detach). Custom cloth clamshell case. Provenance: William Van Winkle (bookplate in one volume) – Harry Twyford Peters (bookplate in one volume) – Miss C. Lafferty (ownership inscription to one volume).
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