American Imprints in Publisher's Original Paper Wrappers, Six Examples c. 1840-1850.

American Imprints in Publisher's Original Paper Wrappers, Six Examples c. 1840-1850. Including: Sir Charles Lyell's A Second Visit to the United States of North America, New York: Harper, 1846, in two volumes; Martin Farquhar Tupper's A Thousand Lines, Philadelphia: Hooker, 1846; Charles Dickens's Hard Times, Boston: Fetridge & Co., 1854; Charlotte Bronte's Shirley, New York: Harper, 1850; [and] Bronte's Villette, New York: Harper, 1853