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(BINDING). [MORE, HANNAH]. The Works of Hannah More. First Complete American Edition. [In two volumes]. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1835. Sm. 4to. 2 vols. Orig. gilt stamped rippled cloth. Slight wear to ends of spines & corners, but a very good copy. $250.00

 

The Imprint Survey records only two seven volume sets in 1835, one by Harper, but not this large two-volume format. A most appealing American cloth binding, with gilt stamping on the spine, the printer's imprint reading: NEW YORK/ H/ MDCCCXXXV. Quite unusual and appealing, a very large & early American cloth binding with unique spine stamping, one of the early Harper & Brothers. imprints.