Memoirs of Stephen Burroughs. To which are added, notes, and an appendix
Albany: B.D. Packard / R. Packard, Printer, 1811. Very Good. Item #25483
Albany: B.D. Packard / R. Packard, Printer, 1811. Later Edition. Two volumes in one; 12mo (17.5cm.); full contemporary calf, red gilt-lettered spine label; iv,[5]-248; 148pp. Faint surface scratches to leather, corners softened, textblock uniformly toned and a bit soiled, contemporary ownership signature to front free endpaper and title page, else Very Good overall.
Memoirs of a New England rogue first published in 1798 and 1804, opening promisingly with his boyhood reminiscences: "I became the terror of the people where I lived, and all were very unanimous in declaring, that Stephen Burroughs was the worst boy in town; and those who could get him whipt were most worthy of esteem" (p. 6).
HOWES B1022 & SABIN 9466.
Price: $350.00