FRESH GLEANINGS by I.K. Marvel - 1851

NY: Charles Scribner, 1851. Book. Good. Hardcover. New York "reissued" edition. 5 x 8. FRESH GLEANINGS; old fields of Continental Europe 1851 rare . Author: By I.K. Marvel Publisher/Copyright: Charles Scribner, NY 1851 Edition: This is the New York "reissued" edition with new preface. Condition:(all defects if any are formulated into pricing) There is a spot to the front board along the upper spine (see photo). The is a nicely written gift inscription on the ffep 'To Mifs Mary E. Erson with the regards of A. W. Hendricks.' Book is without any other marks or writings, pages are clean, book is tight and sturdy. There are a few age spots in the book. A good copy. Size: 5 x 8 (approximately)Pages: 336 pages Binding/Cover: Hardback without dust jacket Shipping & Handling:Insurance extra. Refunds: All items are 100% refundable up to 10 days after item received Background/Description: This is the New York "reissued" edition with new preface. Charles Scribner, NY 1851. Good/None dust jacket condition as issued. Overall book is okay for its age. There is a spot on the front board and a few age spots within. FRESH GLEANINGS ; OR, a new sheaf from the old fields of Continental Europe. The rare parts issue of Mitchell's first book, an account of his European travels in early 1847. Mitchell would later become famous for his Reveries of a Bachelor. Includes passages on Holland, Austria, Provence, Limoges, Paris & Jersey amongst many others. With some interesting observations on Parisians. The Frenchman is sociable to excess; but his socialities are all out of door socialities And in a chapter entitled The Café, The lady, his neighbor, looks fondly at her dog, sipping now and then at her chocolate, throwing bits of her crumbs to her canine companion, all the while looking anxiously at every new comer through her glasses, possibly watching for some old admirer; for no circumstance, nor age, nor place, nor decrepitude can dissipate a French woman's vanity. Good in the original brown cloth with a vignette to the front board and lettering in gilt. Similar 1851 Scribner copies are selling in the $850+ range on the Internet..