Something New from Aunt Mary.
London: William Darton, 1820.
Price: $100.00
About the item
First edition. 107, [1]pp., plus 6 engraved plates. 12mo. Original marbled paper covered boards, rebacked with red morocco, recased with new endpapers. Osborne Collection, I:p. 267 (imperfect, wanting 3 plates); Cotsen XIX 2965.
Item #320232
"The orphan William becomes a sailor and journeys to Quebec, British Americam where he proves to his benefactor that he is a worthy and high-principled young man" (Osborne Collection). The plates include an image of William purchasing a basket from an First Nation woman.
