The lady of the lake; a poem
Bristol, R.I. J. Gladding & Co., 1836. 16mo, pp. 232; original printed blue paper-covered boards, over which a hand-made muslin cover; front endpaper replaced, the muslin frayed and torn revealing the Gladding imprint on the lower cover which is upside down. This is only the second pre-1850 Bristol imprint I have encountered. Gladding "was a zealous Methodist ... He carried on the bookbinding business on Bradford St. He issued a number of other works [besides this one], mostly those of standard British authors" including an edition of the Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. Gladding shortly moved to Philadelphia where he published under the Gladding & Friend imprint. American Imprints 40101; Thompson, Sketches of Old Bristol (1942), p. 160ff. Item #55938
Price: $150.00
