CARRIERS' ADDRESS TO THE PATRONS OF THE SALEM GAZETTE & ESSEX CO. MERCURY. THE CARRIERS PRESENT THEIR NEW YEAR'S SALUTATIONS, WITH THE FOLLOWING LEGEND, RELATING TO ONE OF THEIR PREDECESSORS: RIP VAN WINKLE IN SALEM [caption title].
(Salem, MA:: Salem Gazette), [1850?]. 8vo. 8 pp. Original self-wrappers (old tideline in margins); old bookseller's catalogue description tipped to front wrapper, else very good. Housed in a custom cloth folder (leather spine label worn away). (Item ID: 35324)
$250.00
First edition. A prose tale, "Rip van Winkle in Salem." Quite scarce; OCLC locates but two copies (Brown, State Historical Soc. of Wisconsin).