Nov 11, 2004 - Sale 2022

Sale 2022 - Lot 218

Price Realized: $ 1,150
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
EARLY AMERICAN BESTSELLER ROWSON, SUSANNA HASWELL. Charlotte. A Tale of Truth . . . Second Philadelphia Edition. 2 volumes in one. 169, [1] pages. 8vo, early sheep, spine label chipped; lacks half-title, contemporary owner's inked notes on cover versos, browning, marginal chipping and creasing throughout, no loss of text until last leaf which cuts off part of last entry of advertisements. Philadelphia: Mathew Carey, 1794

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one of the first american fiction bestsellers.