Brick-Dust: A Remedy For the Blues, And A Something For the People to Talk About

Pomeroy, M.M. Brick-Dust: A Remedy For the Blues, And A Something For the People to Talk About. New York: G.W. Carleton, 1871. First edition. Octavo. (xi) 255pp. + 8pp of publisher’s ads. Burgundy blind-stamped cloth boards with gilt lettering on the spine. This is an original 1871 first edition copy of the thoughts and humorous musings of author M.M. Pomeroy. Includes 6 plates of b/w illustrations throughout (including a frontispiece). Binding with some rubbing and bumping to extremities. Spine sunned, with some chipping to the head & tail. Interior with some sporadic minor closed tears, smudges and/or creases to a few pages. Ink stamp of previous owner on the interior front cover. Binding in good+, interior in very good- condition overall. g+ to vg-. Hardcover.

* Marcus “Mark” Mills “Brick” Pomeroy (1833-1896), was an American journalist, newspaper editor, publisher and author. He was a well known outspoken Northern Democrat and Copperhead (those who opposed the Civil War), who wrote a number of vicious anti-Lincoln editorials during the period. He was known for his sarcasm and wit. (43752) $65