The Oasis Golden Leaves of Friendship 1854 Ferguson Women's Gift Poetry Book

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The Oasis: Or, Golden Leaves of Friendship, edited by N.L. Ferguson.
Published 1854, Boston by Dayton and Wentworth.
272 pages. Text in English. Engraved frontispiece protected by original tissue guard.

Publisher's cloth binding, gilt title lettering, gilt floral cover & spine decorations.

With a charming Dec. 25th, 1853 Sunday School teacher gift inscription, clearly showing that books of this era were available for public purchase prior to the copyright date on the title page.

Book is physically old and shows some signs of handling and time. Book is not new or in "new" condition.

Binding gently age worn, mostly light or inoffensive signs of handling and time but nothing severe or unsightly, book remains overall attractive as an object.

Paper is gently toned, still clean, tight, sound internally.

Still attractive on the shelf. The book displays a pleasing and unique age patina and is in overall nice antiquarian condition, any age flaws which may be present seem easy to overlook or forgive. 

Please review photos for more detail showing how this book survives. The asking price reflects the condition based on our examination and 35+ years full time exposure to antiquarian books, maps and printed ephemera of all types and genres. Flaws seen and/ or described have been taken into account.

Book Measures c. 7 1/2" H x 5" W.

[B9978].