Description: The Modern “Roman Father” The Victim Bride; or, A Father’s Sacrifice. Being a True and Touching Recital of the Mental, Moral, and Physical Sufferings of the Beautiful and Accomplished Kate Rigby, Daughter of the Philadelphia Millionaire. Numerous Illustrations, Barclay & Co., Publishers, Philadelphia, circa 1870’s, 19-86 pp, illustrated purple wraps, five plates, 9.5 x 6”, 8vo. In good condition. Considering the fragility of these works this is in relatively good condition. These were printed on cheap paper and poorly printed. Chipped covers with slight loss at top right corner. Dog earring to bottom left corner, including first few leaves. Fading to covers with slight soiling and age staining. Cracks at cords. Pictorial covers. Four purple name stamps of Henry F. Hallman of Conshohocken, PA on rear cover. Light toning throughout with instances of foxing and light chipping to edges. Light finger soiling in the margins. Binding remains intact. Please see photos. Barclay & Co. specialized in sensationalized accounts of real crimes or fictional accounts presented as real. By the 1880’s they were no longer publishing new titles, but stuck to reprinting older ones. Penny Dreadfuls were considered immoral and often under scrutiny for their outlandish engravings and subject matter. Provenance of Henry F. Hallman who was a teenage boy in the 1870’s when this was published. Hallman b. 1858 was one of the successful farmers of Plymouth township. The farm contained thirty-nine acres, rich in mineral products. Hallman was about twenty-one when he went into the iron ore business, digging ore from the farm a short distance below the surface, and hauling it to nearby furnaces at Conshohocken. He continued the business for about twenty years in connection with farming when, owing to the furnaces being abandoned the demand for ore no longer existed. FORN-MSB-0623-Shelf714-LH100
Price: 1200 USD
Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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Binding: Pamphlet
Language: English
Special Attributes: Illustrated
Author: Lambert Wilmer
Publisher: Barclay & Co. Publishers
Topic: Fiction
Subject: Crime
Original/Facsimile: Original
