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New York: DICK and Fitzgerald, 1857. fair hardcover (well-worn hardcover with brown blindstamped decorations; foxing throughout; hinges repaired but still a bit loose ; SATISFACTION GUARANTEED; book is not dated but publication about 1857; list of titles both at front and back of book; . Edition Not Stated. Hardcover. Fair. 5 x 7". Previous Owner Signature.

Dick & Fitzgerald, NY, 1001. Edition Unstated. Hard Cover. Good+/no dust Jacket. C. 1860s. Part of Sam Slick's Works. 291pp. Green cloth, gilt titles. KA3 Size: 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1223. .

New York: Dick and Fitzgerald. Good. [1857]. Later Printing. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [bumped and worn at corners, but still quite a decent copy; one-time owner's name and date (1867) written lightly on the ffep, and a short column of figures (added up) in pencil on the second ffep]. (Library of Sam Slick's Works) Series Corny 19th-century humor, the first-person narrative of a Yankee yokel abroad in the land, lookin' fer a women he kin marry and settle down with. The "anonymous" author, Thomas Chandler Halilburton, was a Nova Scotian judge who became a best-selling author on the basis of his "Sam Slick" stories, which became very popular light reading in England and America. Several collections of these satirical tales were issued during his lifetime; the first was "The Clockmaker," published in 1836. The town of Windsor, NS, where Haliburton resided (his house there is a museum), still celebrates Sam Slick as part of their annual festival. .

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

New York, Stringer & Townsend, 1855. 1855 Edition. Hardback. Finely bound in modern aniline calf over marble boards. Gilt-titled spine, gilted-raised bands, and spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. An exceptional copy - scans and additional bibliographic detail on request. ; 291 pages; Description: 1 p. L. , ix-xii, 13-291 p. 20 cm. Subjects: Slick, Sam (Fictitious character) --Fiction.