Mysteries of the backwoods : including character, scenery and rural sports / by T.B. Thorpe ; with a portrait of Tom Owen, the bee hunter and other original illustrations, by Felix O.C. Darley.

Author/creator Thorpe, Thomas Bangs
Other author Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : T.B. Peterson & Bros., [1869?] [c1865]
Description[2], 7-190 p., [5] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm.
Supplemental ContentGale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926
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SeriesSabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Library of humorous American works
Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.
Local noteArts and Literature; Travel.
Local note2013AK17600.
General noteCover title: Mysteries of the backwoods by T.B. Thorpe ... with beautiful illustrations from original designs by Darley. Philadelphia, T.B. Peterson & Bros.
General noteAdded illustrated t.p.
General note"Library of humorous American works. With illustrations by Darley."--cover. Cf. Smither, N. Library of humorous American works: A bibliographical study, 1936, p. 57-58, where this title, first issued by Peterson in 1865, is listed as no. 13 in the series.
General noteSome engravings by J.H. Brightly and R.S. Gilbert.
General noteLithographed cover signed: T. Sinclair's Lith., Philada. A. Bigot, fecit.
General notePublisher's advertisement for the Library of humorous American works, "Price 75 cents each," p. [4] of cover. According to Smither, the price was raised to 75 cents in 1869 when the publisher issued "the thirty-three titles accepted today as the Peterson 'Library of humorous American works.'"
General noteTitle-vignette.
General noteReproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.
General noteSabin no. 95663.
General noteReproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, 2013. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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