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Lot 172
[FLORIDA] AN INVALID. A Winter in the West Indies and Florida; containing general observations, upon modes of travelling, manne...
New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1839. Publisher's black cloth, stamped in gilt and in blind, signed by Colton and Jenkins. 7 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches (19 x 11 cm.); 199 pp. Light edgewear, spine end softened, one corner a bit bumped, contents with pale spots, altogether a crisp example of this unusual signed publisher's binding.
An early account of Florida as a resort, in this case for invalids. Sabin 104829; Clark, Old South III:257.
C The Collection of Jay I. Kislak sold to benefit the Kislak Family Foundation
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