The Weal-Reaf: A Record of the Essex Institute Fair, held at Salem, Sept. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, with two supplementary numbers, Sept. 10, 11.
Salem: Charles W. Swasey, 1860.
Price: $500.00
Softcover. Octavos. Original self-wrappers. A complete file of this short-lived periodical, a total of eight parts, issued during the Essex Institute Fair, including a prospectus which indexes the work. Fine in an older custom cloth chemise and blue quarter morocco slipcase that shows some modest rubbing and wear. Best-known for the appearance of "Letter from Hawthorne" printed in numbers 2 and 3, and reprinted in 1876 in *The Dolliver Romance* as "Browne's Folly." A lovely set. *BAL* 7623.
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