Mt. Desert in 1873. Portrayed in Crayon & Quill

Boston: J.R. Osgood & Co, 1873. First edition. Frontispiece and 12 plates. 1 vols. Oblong folio. Original tan pictorial boards, black calf spine. Bottom half of spine perished, some cover wear, internally fine. 1873 Christmas gift inscription on title. First edition. Frontispiece and 12 plates. 1 vols. Oblong folio. An account of the adventures of a group of friends vacationing at Mt. Desert, Maine, recounted in humorous verse and equally humorous drawings, evidently by two members of the party. Summer romances, the hazards of the communal dining table, days of genteel ennui, and other activities, with the first names of the participants indicated (as a partial aid to social historians, a few of them are named in pencil on the title page), are described in double columns of rollicking verse narrative and accompanying plates. A charming period piece, and a not insignificant bit of amusing Americana.