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Family Secrets, Family Secrets,

ELLIS, Sarah, née Stickney. Family Secrets, or, Hints to those who would make home happy. 3 vols. Tall 8vo. Fisher, Son, & Co. [1844?]
Fronts, additional engr. titles, plates; first gathering sl. loose vol. III, occasional damp mark on plates. Contemp. half dark green calf, spines with raised gilt bands & blind compartments, maroon leather labels; sl. rubbing. v.g.

¶BL dates the first edition 1841; Sadleir 822 & Wolff 2078 give the date (1843). In this copy the preface is dated Nov. 1841, but the Fisher address in all three imprints is Angel Street, where the company was based from 1844 (see P.A.H. Brown). Plates after T. Allom, engraved by G. Paterson.
Stock #77470
£250


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