"By a New Yorker" [Bristed, Charles Astor. 1820 - 1874] - The UPPER TEN THOUSAND: Sketches of American Society.; Reprinted from Fraser's Magazine

London: John W. Parker and Son, West Strand, 1852. 1st Edition (Sabin 8047). Original publisher's reddish-brown cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. Yellow eps. iv, 291, [1], 8 pp. Publisher catalogue last 8 pages. 12mo. Slight lean. Modest chipping to spine ends. Bookseller blindstamp to ffep. PO pencil annotation following text conclusion. A VG copy.