The Dorriad, and the great Slocum dinner; with introductory remarks and annotations
Providence: Sidney S. Rider & Brother, 1870. 8vo, pp. 53, [1]; contemporary blue calf-backed marbled boards, gilt lettered spine; lightly rubbed, else near fine. A "The Dorriad" by H. B. Anthony was first published Boston 1842, but it is distinct from "The Dorriad" published here. "The Great Slocum Dinner" was written by Samuel Ames, George Rivers, Thomas A. Jenckes, William P. Blodget, and Henry B. Anthony, a burlesque account of an imaginary dinner with Mr. Slocum in Providence. An old pencil note on the free endpaper notes that only 75 copies were printed. Rider was a leading Providence bookseller, publisher and antiquarian who had amassed a collection of manuscript and printed materials documenting the history and print culture of Rhode Island from the 17th through the early 20th centuries, a collection now at Brown University. Item #55343
Price: $75.00
