Our cousins in Ohio / by Mary Howitt ; with four illustrations on steel from original designs by Anna Mary Howitt
London : Darton & Co., 1849. First Edition. Good copy only in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Dated, signed and inscribed by previous owner. Boards dust-toned and stained. Spine bands and panel edges slightly bumped and rubbed as with age. Internally, bright and clean. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #408837
Physical description; viii, 296 p., [4] l. of plates : ill. ; 18 cm. Notes; A sequel to The children's year. Based on the letters of her sister Emma Botham Alderson, emigrant to Ohio. The letters appear in 'Writing home : a Quaker immigrant on the Ohio frontier / edited by Donald Ingram Ulin, 2020. Smith, J. Friends' books (suppl.) p.200 -- Note.- contains an interesting account of Thomas Bales "an old Quaker preacher," also of "a curious, antiquated and very primitive Quaker, of Pennsylvania," &c., &c. Subjects; Ohio Social life and customs. Ohio Description and travel. Bales, Thomas. Description and travel. Ohio. Works by Friends.
Price: €75.00