Letters to a Young Lady 1791
Updated September 24, 2026
| Lot number | 21 |
| Estimate | 200.00 - 400.00 USD |
| Auction | Fall Rare Books, Manuscripts, Historical Prints, & Ephemera |
| Date | October 8, 2026 at 10:30 AM EDT |
| Auction house | Quinn's Auction Galleries |
| Location | Falls Church, Virginia |
BENNET, JOHN. Letters to a Young Lady, on a Variety of Useful and Interesting Subjects: Calculated to Improve the Heart, to Form the Manners, and Enlighten the Understanding. Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin, 1791. 2 volumes bound in 1. 12mo (90 x 162 mm). xii, 142; [2], 155 pp. Half-titles. Modern cloth, lettered and ruled in gilt. Provenance: F.M. Sprague (contemporary presentation inscription inked to half-title vol 1). First American edition. Condition Small tape repairs to a few leaves in vol 2, scattered foxing.
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