SMITH, SEBA

Major Jack Downing (of the Downingville Militia) (1834)

London, Warne & Co. 1865. Soft Cover, <. Paperback. Original pale orange card, illustrated in black. Small chips to card head/foot of spine, free corners chipped on front, a few pencil marks in margins, good. Issued anonymously. American humour: the Major is bumptious and semiliterate. An early paperback survival.

-- Richard Beaton

Book number: 01717

Catalogue: Yellowbacks, Paperbacks, Pocket Editions

SMITH, SEBA [1792 - 1868]. THE ORIGINAL MAJOR JACK DOWNING.,

'WAY DOWN EAST; or, Portraitures of Yankee Life.

New York: J. C. Derby, 1854. 12mo. 1st edition (BAL 18402; Wright II, 2274). 384 pp. Original cloth with gilt spine stamping., staining to paper). Frontis + 3 inserted plates.

-- Tavistock Books, ABAA

Book number: 20099

SMITH, SEBA. THE ORIGINAL MAJOR JACK DOWNING,

'Way Down East; or, Portraitures of Yankee Life

Philadelphia John E. Potter & Company, 1854. F First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall, Hardcover, Hard Cover, Fair. First edition in fair, worn condition. Spoof on the life and people of early 19th century New England. Brown cloth with gilt spine lettering and extensive Victorian style decoration in black, decorative endpapers, 384 pages. Covers heavily rubbed with a hole in the center of the spine which affects the bottom of the name Jack, rear cover and outer edge of front cover dampstained (no damp odor), good hinges, sound text block, chips to final blank, very minor dampstains to front free endpaper and final two pages, outer edge foxed, minor foxing to a few pages, pages generally very clean and unmarked.

-- Resource Books, LLC

Book number: 026053

Catalogue: Fiction, Literature, Poetry, Literary History

Keywords: 19th Century Fiction Novel New England

SMITH, SEBA

'Way Down East, or Portraitures of Yankee Life

New York, Garrett Press, 1969. Reprint .Cloth, Sm. 8vo. Vg.

-- Schooner Books Ltd (ABAC/ILAB)

Book number: 28775

Catalogue: Literary Criticism

Keywords: Literature-American Short Stories Americana