The Bostoniad: Giving a Full Description of the Principal Establishments, Together With the Most Honorable and Substantial Business Men, in the Athens of America

Boston: Published Under Universal Patronage; Hollis & Gunn, 1853. Original edition. Paperback. 62pp. Sextodecimo [18.5 cm] Green and black printed wraps. Good plus. There are losses from the front wrap at two of the corners- a small loss from the top fore edge corner of the front wrap, and a larger loss from the bottom left corner, measuring roughly 1 and 1/2" wide by 2 and 1/4" inch deep. There is a contemporary owner's name at the head of the front wrap. There is a 1" closed tear in the fore edge of the rear wrap. Also, containing the Great Prize Poem on Daniel Webster! By the Hon. James Torrington Spencer Lidstone. A volume of Lidstone's poems penned about Boston's prominent businessmen and government officials.