Boston / Berlin: A. Williams and Company / Ferdinand Schneider, 1862. Hardcover. A scarce collection of short stories and other papers published posthumously. The editor, Alexander Wheelock Thayer (1817 - 1897) is best known for his biography of Beethoven. According to a letter from Thayer that precedes the volume, this collection of stories, papers, and reminscences was written by his late friend, who is identified only as "I. Brown." The stories include Signor Masoni, An Evening in the Hartz, Susan Bedloe, Our Music Teacher, Ned Morse's Daughter, Mrs. Smith and Elizabeth, A New Acquaintance, Wyzaker, Monsieur Paul, and the Philister's Reminiscence. Attractively bound in three quarter dark brown leather over marbled paper covered boards with gilt title and floral decorations to spine. Minorwear to edges and corners of boards. Dampstaining to bottom margins of many pages. Occasional spots of foxing, but clean overall. Marbled endpapers and top edge gilt. Bumping to top corners. 282 pages. Very Good.

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