Hardcover in a slipcase. Complete two volumes. A book set like new in a fine slipcase with slight sunning. 531 pages in total. Born of a wealthy New Jersey family, Mickle was in his short lifetime (1822-1855) a Camden and Philadelphia lawyer, the editor of two weekly newspapers, an historian, an accomplished violinist and avid book collector, a local political leader, something of a ladies' man, and a keen observer of his society and times.