1855 Lucy Boston; Or, Woman's Rights and Spiritualism by Fred Folio Scarce

Description: Click here to see our other books! Lucy Boston; Or, Woman's Rights and Spiritualism Illustrating the Follies and Delusions of the Nineteenth Century Fred Folio 1855 Alden and Beardsley : New York 7.5" by 5" viii, 406, (10)pp. SUMMARY The scarce first edition of this fascinating interdisciplinary satire, relating to feminism and spiritualism. Original Binding,Publishers' Original Binding,Scarce Overall Condition: Good This book weighs 0.75 KG when packed UK Postage: £ 3.99 US Postage: £ 19.99 EU Postage: £ 15.99 European Postage: £ 16.99 Asia Postage: £ 21.99 Worldwide Postage: £ 25.99 DESCRIPTION The first edition of the work. Very scarce, particularly the Alden and Beardsley imprint. Hamilton 508. Illustrated with frontispiece, vignette, and eight plates. Collated complete. Written by Fred Folio, believed to be a pseudonym, little is known of the author. With a dedication to one 'T. P. Munrab', an anagram of P. T. Barnum. Folio dedicated the work to Barnum following his notable 'Fiji Mermaid hoax', considering Barnum a master fraudster and paving the way for many spiritualists to come. The work satirises both spiritualism and the women's rights movements, and although was met with criticism for the somewhat clumsy handling of the issues, is nonetheless an important contemporary work on the topics, ending with the epitaph "Spiritualism and Women's Rights! Twins in their birth and ill begot; Twins in their grave -- there let 'em rot." CONDITION In the original black cloth binding. Externally, smart with rubbing and light bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine and marks to the board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd spot and light tide marks to pages one to forty. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Overall Condition: Good GLOSSARY OF TERMS Overall Condition (Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present) Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will be described in the condition report under 'condition' Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair Fair - As with good only above but with other faults leaving a compromised copy even after repair Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete. We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them attractive none the less. Major defects will be described. GUARANTEE We offer a full money back guarantee on our descriptions. Please ask for details and conditions. We prefer PAYPAL. If you pay via PAYPAL we will post the item off the same or the next working day with the postage you have selected. Please note we cannot accept USD cheques

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