1854 Rare Victorian Book - The LAMPLIGHTER by Maria Susanna Cummins. First Edition.
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(Description)
Author: Anon. (Maria Susanna Cummins).
Title: The Lamplighter.
Publisher: London, George Routledge and Co, 1854. First Edition.
Language: Text in English.
Size: 6.5 " X 4 ".
Pages: 350 pages.
Binding: Attractive, and very good contemporary half calf leather binding with marbled boards (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content: Very good content (tight and clean, rare light foxing or staining - as shown, light staining on the outer margin of the first endpaper and the first blank page - as shown, light toning of pages - as shown).
The book: Attractive First edition of The Lamplighter -- a sentimental novel written by Maria Susanna Cummins and published in 1854, and a best-selling novel of its era. The Lamplighter tells the story of Gertrude Flint, an abandoned and mistreated orphan rescued at the age of eight by Trueman Flint, a lamplighter, from her abusive guardian, Nan Grant. Gertrude is lovingly raised and taught virtues and religious faith. She becomes a moralistic woman. In adulthood, she is rewarded for her long-suffering with marriage to a childhood friend.
The author: Maria Susanna Cummins (April 9, 1827 – October 1, 1866) was an American novelist. She was the author of the widely popular novel The Lamplighter.