Paulding, James K[irke]

A Book of Vagaries; comprising the New Mirror for Travellers and OtherWhim-Whams: being selections from the papers of a Retired Common-Councilman, erewhile known as Launcelot Langstaff, and, in the publicrecords, as James K. Paulding

New York: Charles Scribner and Company, 1867 These proofs are dated a year earlier than the published book, which was entered for copyright in February, 1868. The text ends here with page 348 (which is slightly damaged with loss to text on p. 348) and the published version has 417 pp accounted for by 4 additional stories. The proofs are quite heavily corrected in the editor's hand mostly spelling and grammatical changes but with a significant rewriting on p. ix Proofs of this extended edition of The New Mirror for Travellers, 1828; eight added tales. Stereotyped and Printed by John Wilson and Son, Cambridge. Oblong folio page proofs, 3 pp. to a sheet (116 sheets). . Laid in a quarter brown morocco and blue cloth clamshell box. Sabin 59192 (for published 1868 issue) : BAL 15751; American Imprints 59192 (1868 title page)

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