(LITERATURE) The Hapless Orphan or Innocent Victim of Reveng

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(LITERATURE.) The Hapless Orphan: or, Innocent Victim of Revenge, a Novel. 226; 234, [1] pages. 2 volumes. 12mo, contemporary calf, moderate wear, joints rubbed; lacking most free endpapers, first title page defective with slight loss to title, substantial worming to first few leaves, second page detached and defective with loss of most of imprint line, leaf II:P1 defective with loss of a few words, numerous short tears, general foxing and wear; early owner's signature on page II:3, later owner's inscription on second rear free endpaper. Boston: Belknap and Hall, 1793

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first edition of a novel "founded on incidents in real life" by "an American Lady," written in the form of letters from a young woman to her friend. Most of the letters are from Philadelphia, but some are from New Jersey, Havre-de-Grace, MD, and Bristol, RI. One of the earliest American novels, preceded by only three others per Loshe. Two years later, with a Dublin edition, it became the first American novel printed abroad. Evans 25584; Loshe, Early American Novel 4 and pages 17-19; Wright, American Fiction 1127. None known at auction since 1911.