Author: Downing, Major J. [pseudonym of Davis, Charles Augustus. 1795 - 1867]. Jaffray, J. R. - Former Owner
Title: LETTERS Of J. DOWNING, Major, Downingville Militia, Second Brigade, to His Friend, Mr Dwight, of the New York Daily Advertiser
Description: New York: Harper & Brothers, 1834. 1st edition thus, and overall 3rd edition, 2nd issue (BAL 4496; Wright I, 830). 19th C. deep maroon half leather binding with marbled paper boards. Black leather spine label. ix, [1 (blank)], 270, [6] pp. Contains 32 letters, 3 more than the first edition, also published in 1834. Twin, facing frontispieces [with tissue guard], one on yellow paper. With the engraved title leaf on yellow paper, image as pictured in BAL, after p. 412. 6 inserted illustrations on yellow paper. 12mo, signed in 6s. General signs of use, with abrasion to front board lower corner. Period bookplate ("J. R. Jaffray"). Very Good. Jaffray presumed to be the J R Jaffray, head of the prominent New York dry goods jobbers.

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