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BRACKENRIDGE, H.H. Modern Chivalry: Containing the Adventures of a Captain and Teague O'Regan, His Servant. Vol. I-[2]. Philadelphia: 1804-07. 2nd ed. First two-volume edition. 12mo. 210, 178; 175, 163 pp. Full contemp. tree calf, leather labels (not matching). Hinges on vol. II becoming loose, but a very nice set. $475.00
BAL 1310 & 1316. Wright I, 356-57, with the text of the first edition, revised. A picaresque novel, satirizing the social and political ambitions of the uneducated. The first edition is rarely available, and only at great cost. |
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