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BURROUGHS, Stephen, Memoirs of Stephen Burroughs, to Which Are Added Notes and an Appendix
BURROUGHS, STEPHEN. Memoirs of Stephen Burroughs, to Which Are Added Notes and an Appendix, Albany: B.D. Packard, 1811. Duodecimo, pp. (iv), 243; 148, contemporary calf binding with maroon leather label on spine. Burroughs, the son of a Presbyterian preacher and an incorrigible hell-raiser throughout his early life, here relates his misdeeds. Having grown up in Hanover, N.H., he attends Dartmouth for a while but finds it advisable to leave and heads into the wider world, becoming a thief, counterfeiter, schoolteacher and seducer of schoolgirls, although eventually earning respectability. Condition of this book: Front joint cracked and very delicate. Backstrip has a horizontal tear near the tail of the spine. Preliminary leaves lacking, book begins at title page. Age toning but almost no foxing.
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