Tales of the Five Senses

D. & J. Sadlier & Co: New York, 1854. Very Good. New York: D. & J. Sadlier & Co., 1854. First Thus. 12mo. 284 pp. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Publisher's elaborate blind-embossed brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Light wear and rubbing; corners bumped. Binding sound. Front free endpaper has been excised; mild spotting and toning to endpapers; interior else unmarked. A Very Good copy of volume No. VII of Sadlier's Fireside Library, a collection of short stories from the Irish-born novelist, each connected to either sight, hearing, feeling, smell, taste, or the intellect. This and later editions from the same publisher relatively scarce in OCLC and no copies available in retail at time of this writing.