Shells and their Inmates baghdad Essays of a whimsical nature

Essays of a whimsical nature

slight wear to ends of the backstrip

Large contemporary ink inscription to first endpaper

Gilt and silver laminated black cover housed in Guccissima quilted leather slipcase

Novel conceived in the form of a diary

Shells and their Inmates baghdad Essays of a whimsical natureLondon: The Religious Tract Society, 1841. Small square format. Publisher's original green cloth with gilt embossed shell to front; decorative gilt spine with gilt lettering. pp xvi, 214, 2 unnumbered pages of advertisements following text. Coloured frontispiece by G. Baxter and engraved vignettes in the text. All edges gilt. A fine copy.