Women of New York

New-York: Marie Louise Hankins & Co, 1861. First Edition. Octavo (19cm.); publisher's decorative orange cloth stamped in gilt, all edges gilt, yellow glazed endpapers; x,[11]-354pp.; 34 leaves of portraits printed on green stock, text illus. throughout. Boards quite rubbed and worn at extremities, the whole rather soiled and toned, textblock a bit foxed throughout; a Good only copy in the gift binding, the plates remaining in fine condition. Collection of short stories portraying various New York "types," including Ruth Martin "The Spiritual Medium"; Lizzie Blair "The Little Hunchback"; and Priscilla Wiggins "The Man-Hater." Hankins was herself an interprising woman of New York, billing her "Family Newspaper" as "the first and only successful paper ever published by a lady." "SABIN 30228 (calling for 36 plates); WRIGHT II 1092.