[Signed] [First Edition] The Steam-Boat Galt, John [1779-1839] [Used - Very good] [Hardcover]

[Signed] [First Edition] The Steam-Boat Galt, John [1779-1839] [Used - Very good] [Hardcover]
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New York: J and J Harper, 1823 [1822].
12mo, iv, 187 p.
First American edition of this short novel by John Galt, though the dedication is signed using the author's pseudonym Thomas Duffle.
A novel of innocents abroad, and one of the first novels to feature the steamboat as a backdrop.
3/4 leather over marbled boards, marbled endpapers.
A VG copy.
Joints repaired, some minor spotting and foxing to text block, boards and spine leather darkened somewhat but a solid copy of a scarce title.
OCLC locates 12 copies.

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