The Poor Rich Man, and The Rich Poor Man

New York: Harper, 1837. hardcover. good. 186pp. + 12pp. of publisher's ads. 18mo, original brown cloth.

Previous owner's name in ink on free front endpaper.

CONDITION: Good. Binding is generally tight but pages 75-82 and a few other individual ones are starting to separate though still mostly attached. Cloth lightly soiled, loss of cloth at head and near foot of spine, many pages with light foxing, corners bumped, small light dampstain through page [7]. Pencils and ink marks on both front and back endpaper. A few bent page corners.

Catharine Maria Sedgwick (December 28,1789 – July 31,1867) was a popular American novelist whose work was much in demand from the 1820s to the 1850s. She set her work in American settings, and combined patriotism with protests against historic Puritan oppressiveness. Her topics contributed to the creation of a national literature, enhanced by her detailed descriptions of nature. Sedgwick created spirited heroines who did not conform to the stereotypical conduct of women at the time. She became one of the most notable female novelists of her time.