PLEASANT MEMORIES OF PLEASANT LANDS

Boston: James Munroe and Co., 1844. viii, 373 pages, plus frontispiece, extra engraved title page, and [2] pages ads. Original embossed brown cloth with gilt decorations and lettering on spine. [18.1 cm.] Ex-Sondley Reference Library with very faint reminder of removed call number at base of spine and light internal marks. Tasteful bookplate on front pastedown, embossed stamp to frontispiece and titles, ink stamp on verso of printed title and in margin of one other page. Else a good copy. Small chips to head of spine, light wear to base of spine. Moderate to heavy foxing, in no way affecting legibility; marginal browning. Signature of O[liver] S[mith] Sammis (1827-1912), a prominent merchant and real estate developer in Huntington, Long Island, on front free endpaper. SECOND EDITION, revised and enlarged. "A reprint of the 1842 edition with some changed titles and the addition of `The Rose Geranium' and `Westminster Hall'." --BAL. PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION BY THE AUTHOR, on the front free endpaper, reading as follows: "Rev'd Dr. Davidson, with the high respect, and regard of the Author. Hartford, June 20th, 1847." [The recipient was Rev. Robert Davidson (1808-1876), who published numerous books including a travel work of his own ("An Excursion to the Mammoth Cave, and the Barrens of Kentucky," 1840), various church histories and biographies, a collection of poems, and a multitude of sermons and addresses.] Recollections of the author's travels in Europe, in prose and poetry. BAL 17782. Smith, American Traveller's Abroad, S88.