The Absentee
Washington City: William Cooper, 1812. An early Washington, D.C., imprint, published the same year as the first editions, issued in London, New York, and Philadelphia. 12mo. Two volumes in one: (4), [5]-150; (2), [3]-140, (2) pp. "The brightness of [Maria Edgeworth's] style, her keen observation of character, and her shrewd..... More