[EARLY AMERICAN FICTION] – SABIN, Rev. Elijah R.

The Life and Reflections of Charles Observator: in which Are Displayed the Real Characters of Human Life

Boston: Printed by Rowe & Hooper, 1816. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. 8vo. Contemporary sheep, green morocco spine label. Cover much rubbed, heel of spine chipped, text foxed. Item #409361

First (and only) edition. A didactic novel set in New England, and with numerous references to the Revolutionary War. The author was a Methodist minister and father of Lorenzo Sabin, senator and author. Contemporary signature of a John Palmer on front free endpaper. Wright I, 2264; S & S 38855; Henri Petter, 'The Early American Novel', pp. 439-40 (for a synopsis). (BA).

Price: $100.00