Author: Cooke, John Esten
Title: Henry St. John, Gentleman of Flower of Hundreds in the County of Prince George, Virginia. A Tale of 1774-1775
Publication Information: New York: Harper and Brothers 1859
Call #: PS 1382 .H4
Book Size: 20 cm (H); 14 cm (L); 3.3 cm (spine)
Cover: green, straight edged, central design on both front and back covers; large bead horizontal cloth cover; ruled edges; medallion center; the grain is consistent on the spine; design on the spine is closer to the cover design than most; divided spine (i.e. horizontal lines/stripes the spine is in replication of leather bindings; threads of book in two tone colors; "Henry St. John" and "A Tale of 1774-1775" and the author's name on spine
Inside Book Covers: brown paper inside front and back covers; coated.
Paper Edges: unadorned, but coated
Illustrations: --
Comments:
- there is an epigraph from the Song of Solomon on the title page
- The author is referred to as "Author of The Virginia Comedians, Leather Stocking and Silk, The Last of the Foresters, etc." on the title page
- There is an inscription (in a poem to Henry Pendleton Cooke and Edward St. George Cooke)
- A prologue by "C. Effingham" (and note: "Glengary, May 3, 18---")
- Table of Contents with chapter numbers and titles
- The back of the text has a section entitled "Historical Illustrations" - not graphics, but quotes from other sources to support the fiction here
Pedagogical Uses/Notes:
- 19th-Century American Text Production
- Nostalgia
- Uses of History in Fiction
- Marketing
