The Book Shed

shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book. Blind stamped gilt decorated cloth, previous owner's inscription to the front endpaper. The editor, Henry W. Herbert, was a British expatriate literary figure of ante-bellum New York City. He is most famous for his sporting works published under the name Frank Forester. "..a man of varied accomplishments" Edgar Allan Poe felt that he was "not unapt to fall into pompous grandiloquence" and sometimes was "woefully turgid", while others saw his novels as "prolix, lacking in imagination and humor." Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!