All's Not Gold That Glitters.
New York: Appleton, 1863. Hardcover. Illustrated half title with wonderful chromolithograph of prospector working with a pickax along a stream, the illustration within an elaborate gilt and red patterned border, and additional engraved plates. Alice Haven (1827 - 1863) was an American writer and magazine editor who ran the Philadelphia magazine 'Neal's Saturday Gazette and Lady's Literary Museum', after the death of her husband.
12mo, 214pp, color half title, [2]pp advertisements. Original green gilt cloth, slightly rubbed at spine ends; light scattered fox spotting throughout. An inscription at the ffe, "Henry M. W. Eastman, from his Mother, Christmas 1863" Very good condition. Item #3635
Price: $40.00