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COOKE, John Esten (1830–1886). Henry St. John, Gentleman, of “Flower of Hundreds,” In the County of Prince George, Virginia. A Tale of 1774–’75. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1859.
8vo. Half–title. Original blindstamped brown cloth [BAL A binding], gilt–lettered spine, brown coated endpapers (recased); cloth chemise; morocco–backed slipcase. Provenance: John C. Eckel (1858–1943), booklabel of the bibliographer who wrote the important Dickens reference “The First Editions of the Writings of Charles Dickens” (1913). Laid in with a TLS from the curator of the Rare Book Collection at the Library of Congress who writes to Eckel (misspelling his name) regretfully informing him that they do not have a copy of the first edition of “Henry St. John” in their holdings; Ingle Barr (armorial bookplate), of this prominent book collector; G. Clinton Lallmadge? (ownership signature on title–page).
FIRST EDITION, of this informal sequel to “The Virginia Comedians” and what Sabin describes as being “a tale of Virginia life in 1774”. BAL 3716; Sabin 16315.