Partingtonian Patchwork. Blifkins the Martyr: The Domestic Trials of a Model Husband. The Modern Syntax: Dr. Spooner's Experiences in Search of the Delectable. Partington Papers: Strippings of the Warm Milk of Human Kindness. New and Old Drips from an Unambitious Inkstand. Humorous, Eccentric, Rhythmical.
Boston and New York: Lee and Shepard, Publishers and Lee, Shepard, and Dillingham, 1875.
Hardcover. 7 3/4" X 5 1/4". 360pp. Red cloth over boards, with front cover stamped in black and gilt and spine stamped in gilt. Heavy edgewear to binding, with corners bumped and rubbed to boards, scattered rubbing, and fraying to head and tail of spine. Front hinge cracked and attached by webbing. Bookseller notations pencilled to verso of front free endpaper. Pages age-yellowed, but unmarked. Appears to be lacking the frontispiece. Illustrated in 7 full-page illustrations throughout. A worn but attractive copy of this collection by American humorist Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber. Good. Item #1837
Price: $15.00