1859 Scarce Book - The FAIRIES IN AMERICA by Spencer W. Cone. Illustrated.
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Author: Spencer Wallace Cone.
Title: The FAIRIES IN AMERICA.
Publisher: New-York, Pudney & Russell, Publishers, no. 79 John-Street., 1859.
Language: Text in English.
Size: 7 " X 5 ".
Pages: 98 pages
Binding: Attractive and good original cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn, faded, and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content: Good content (tight, some light foxing and staining - mainly on lower margin of page 16 - as shown, one page upper corner creased, name a previous owner on the first endpaper).
Illustrations: Complete with the wonderful illustrated title page and the 3 beautiful full-page color illustrations.
Estimate : (USD 250 - USD 400)
The book: Scarce and attractive copy of The FAIRIES IN AMERICA by Spencer W. Cone. A rare find in any condition!
Stories include:
- Little Tom Grubb and His Wonderful Dog.
- The Magic Tea-Pump of the Island of the Manahattoes.
The Author: Spencer Wallace Cone (1819-1888) soldier, lawyer, poet, was born May 25, 1819, in Alexandria, Va. At the opening of the civil war, he organized the sixty-first New York regiment, and became its colonel, serving through the war, at the close of which he was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers. He was the author of a small volume of poems; one of the fairy tales; and with his brother, a memoir of their father. He died Jan. 21, 1888, in New York City.