Kerr, Orpheus C.; [Newell, Robert Henry]. Smoked Glass; with illustrative anachronisms, by Thomas Worth

Kerr, Orpheus C.; [Newell, Robert Henry]. Smoked Glass; with illustrative anachronisms, by Thomas Worth. New York: G. W. Carleton, 1868. First Edition. [8494] Maroon publisher's cloth, 5 x 7 1/2 inches, boards blindstamped, spine in gilt, small worming to the joints, light edgewear with fraying at the headcap. Light blue end papers with a private library bookplate, probably of the original owner (19th century manufacture). Lithographed comic illustration as frontispiece; 5 additional lithographs, several text drawings. Foxing, tight. 1868 publisher's catalogue at end. Very good. Hardcover. A satirical account of American life and American government in particular. As an example, here is the Contents entry for chapter one: Narrating a pleasing Anecdote of New Jersey; describing the friendly Visit of an exciting Journalist to an able military Candidate for the Presidency; noting the disinterested Organization of the 'Grand Mackerel Army of the Republic;' and giving the truly American Son