[MEDICAL FICTION] [WINSOR, Henry]

Pebblebrook, and the Harding Family

Boston: Benjamin H. Greene, 1839. First Edition. Small octavo (19cm.); publisher's green blind-embossed cloth, upper cover lettered in gilt; vii,[1],207pp. Boards rubbed with exposure at corners, cloth a bit bubbled from exposure to damp, textblock uniformly cockled and dampstained; Good or better overall.

Medical novel following the exploits of a dyspeptic and rather unlucky hero. As one reviewer puts it: "there is a grave fault, running through the whole book, that interrupts the reader's pleasure very disagreeably," namely the imitation of Carlyle (The North American Review, Vol. 50, no. 106, January, 1840, p. 273). WRIGHT I 2750.

Price: $150.00

Go Back