[New England]. Lee, Eliza.

Sketches of a New England Village in the Last Century.

Boston: James Munroe, 1838. First edition. Embossed Cloth over Boards. 12 Mo, pp. 110, no illustrations. Gift inscription from mother to son for Christmas, 1843 on front endpaper. Very good, light edgewear. Item #6142

In the 1820s-1840s, it was a well-established tradition for writers, many of them women, to write about a specifical regionally inflected location. These village sketches proliferated in magazines, annuals, and gift books of the era. This title is a memoir of Portsmouth, NH. A nice copy of a scarce book.

Price: $50.00