Entries Tagged as ‘Fiction’

November 30, 2005

Item of the Day: Chronicles of the City of Gotham (1830)

Full Title:
Chronicles of the City of Gotham. From the Papers of A Retired Common Councilman. Containing The Azure Hose. The Politician. The Dumb Girl. Edited by the author of “The Backwoodsman,” “Konigsmarke,” “John Bull in America,” &c. &c.
Written by James Kirk Paulding. First edition of a novelette and two short stories of New York City. [...]

October 31, 2005

Item of the Day: Sterne’s Sentimental Journey (1790)

Full Title:
A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy by Mr. Yorick. A New Edition.
Written by Laurence Sterne. With engravings. Bound in ivory vellum with gold leaf. Printed in London by A. Strahan; for J. Johnson, G.G. J. & J. Robinson, T. Cadell, J. Murray, W. Lowndes, G. & T. Wilkie, Ogilvy and Speare, and W. [...]