Item #100551 Reminiscences of Charleston, Lately Published in the Charleston Courier, and Now Revised and Enlarged by the Author. Charles Fraser.
Reminiscences of Charleston, Lately Published in the Charleston Courier, and Now Revised and Enlarged by the Author
Reminiscences of Charleston, Lately Published in the Charleston Courier, and Now Revised and Enlarged by the Author

Reminiscences of Charleston, Lately Published in the Charleston Courier, and Now Revised and Enlarged by the Author

Charleston, South Carolina: John Russell, 1854. 119 pp. Hardcover in original cloth binding. Spine is chipped with about half loss (see pic). Some dampstaining throughout along the fore-edge of the page. Text appears to be complete. Ex-lib with blindstamp on title page, no other library markings that I can see though.

Fraser (1782-1860) gave up a promising career in the law in the 1810s to become one of the best American miniature painters of the 19th century. This book "[gives] an authentic picture of the [ante-bellum] community" (DAB). Howes F-340. Sabin 25675. Turnbull III, p. 183.

SCARCE title. Ex-Lib. Item #100551

Price: $450.00

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