Major Jones' scenes in Georgia : containing the whole of his Chronicles of Pineville, its incidents and characters, as well as his humorous and extraordinary narrative of the celebrated Coon hunt in Georgia, The widower in a hornet's nest, Doing a sheriff, and other southern scenes / with sixteen illustrations from original designs by Darley

Author: Jones, Joseph, 1812-1882
Additional Titles: Scenes in Georgia
Published: Philadelphia : T.B. Peterson and Brothers, 306 Chestnut Street, [1858]
Physical Description: 186, 195 pages, 1 unnumbered page (last pages blank) : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Additional Creators: Burke, T. A. (Thomas A.), 1828-1880, Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888, Lyons, Elliot, Leo von, 1816-1890, Gihon, William B., Collins, Tillinghast King, 1802-1870, Jones, Joseph, 1812-1882, and T.B. Peterson & Brothers (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Series

Peterson's illustrated uniform edition of humorous American works

Contents

Major Jones' Chronicles of Pineville : embracing sketches of Georgia scenes, incidents, and characters (verso has deposit date of 1846) -- Polly Peablossom's wedding, and other tales / edited by T.A. Burke (verso has deposit date of 1851).

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Related Titles

Polly Peablossom's wedding, and other tales

Collection

James B. Meriwether Collection of Antebellum Southern Realistic and Humorous Writing.

Note

"Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858 ..."--T.p. verso.
T.B. Peterson and Brothers was first listed at 306 Chestnut Street in McElroy's Philadelphia city directory for 1858.
Each section has also separate title pages.
Added t.p., engraved.
Pages 13-14 omitted and page 15 misnumbered as 1 in first pagination grouping.
Includes 16 unnumbered leaves of plates. The first 12 are part of the first section and are included in the pagination, with the exception of the added t.p. and the leaf preceding it. The last four are in the second section and are not included in the pagination.
One of the illustrations is signed "Lyons.Sc," three more are signed "L. Elliot" and "Gihon," the remainder are unsigned.
"Collins, printer."--Both versos of separate t.p.'s.
Series statement from cover.
Major Jones or Joseph Jones is a pseudonym for William Tappan Thompson.

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