A COUNTRY DOCTOR by Sarah Orne Jewett, 1884 shops

A COUNTRY DOCTOR by Sarah Orne Jewett

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1884, First Edition, Seventh Thousand

A very early printing of Jewett's first novel. 1500 copies were printed in June of 1884 and this copy was printed later that year in a printing that took the shops total to 7000.

12mo in cloth. 351 pp. plus 12 pp. ads. VG-. Light edge wear and light soiling to spine. Binding is strong. Text block is clean and tight. Bookplate on front pastedown. Name in pencil on front flyleaf. Text is clean. Comes in a clear protective archival sleeve.

Ships wrapped in bubble wrap and packed securely in a box.