Border War: A Tale of Disunion

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Overview:

Title: Border War: A Tale of Disunion
Author: J. B. Jones
Year: 1859
Publisher: Rudd & Carleton
Price: $1.25
Pages: x+502
Binding: Hardcover
Type: Novel
Title Reference: Border War: A Tale of Disunion
Notes:
- Muslin bound
- Publication date, price, and binding from classified advertisement, NY Times 1859-04-22 p5: as "Just published"; ... (quote) By the author of "Wild Western Scenes" (nowhere named); "One vol., large 12mo. Muslin. Price, $1 25." The two earlier hits in automated search ("border war" disunion) of newspapers are listings in "New Announcements" and "New Publications", American Publishers' Circular 1859-04-09 and -04-16, indicating publication during that week.
- HathiTrust Digital Library provides full view of two copies, with original cover probably (relief design, no color or lettering): -- title leaf (U California copy) names the author; names publisher and printer/etc with full street addresses -- Contents, p[v]-x -- novel spans p[11]-502 -- "Catalogue", 4 leaves including p[1]-6, "New Books and New Editions Just Published ..."