[HOWARD, J. H.]

NOTHING TO DO:; An accompaniment to "Nothing to Wear." by a Lady.

NY: Wiley & Halstead, 1857. J. H. Howard Illustrations, Engraved by J. W. Orr. 12mo, pp. 57, plus ads. Blue cloth, blind stamped and with gilt. Cover rubbed along the extremities, VG. Title printed in red. Gardner, "Horatio Alger, pp. 443 4 for detailed discussion of this title. Item #30685

A satirical poem illustrated by the author ("a lady") about a spoiled, indolent and foppish young man who lives off his parents until there is no money left and he has no way of earning any. A rebuttal, evidently, to a volume about frivolous young women by William Allen Butler.

Price: $65.00