[Tarbox] Dexter, Henry Martyn

SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF INCREASE NILES TARBOX

Boston: David Clapp & Son, 1890. First edition thus. Wraps. Very Good + / No jacket as issued. Item #128

8vo., 22 pp., with portrait frontispiece. Printed wraps. Light staining to wraps. Expertly repaired hinges with occasional light foxing and browning to text. Housed in a new cloth over board tri-fold binder.------------------------------ Tarbox, a 1844 Yale graduate, was a prolific author on a wide range of topics. He wrote many books for children, on history, religion and biographies. His most acclaimed work was AN ADDRESS ON THE ORIGIN, PROGRESS & PRESENT CONDITION OF PHILOSOPHY. OCLC locates only 3 copies of this rare sketch.

Price: $295.00