Hesitation; or, To Marry, or Not to Marry? By the Author of The Balance of Comfort, The Bachelor and Married Man, &c. In Two Volumes.

ID 16034
Title Hesitation; or, To Marry, or Not to Marry? By the Author of The Balance of Comfort, The Bachelor and Married Man, &c. In Two Volumes.
Contributors
Signed Author By the Author of The Balance of Comfort, The Bachelor and Married Man, &c.
Pseudonym
Firms
Self-published No
Volumes 2
Pagination I 273; II 259
Date of Publication 1819
Edition Statement
Edition Number 1
Date of First Publication 1819
Imprint Published by W.B. Gilley, no. 92 Broadway. Clayton & Kingsland, Printers.
Colophon
Copyright Statement
Location of Printing New York US
Format Duodecimo (12mo)
Length (cm) 20
Width (cm)
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  • AAS 306105
Notes Alternate title: Hesitation; or, To Marry, or Not to Marry, A Novel. By the Author of The Balance of Comfort, The Bachelor and Married Man, &c. In Two Volumes.
Volume II lists a different printer in the imprint: "X.S. Van Winkle, Printer."
Google Books and Hathi Trust carry digitizations of the second volume only.
AAS Notes:
Running title: Hours of hesitation.
Generally attributed to Mrs. Ross, author of The balance of comfort. However, a strong case has been made that The bachelor and married man, and other later titles attributed to Mrs. Ross are, in fact, by Elizabeth B. Lester. See Garside, Peter. Mrs. Ross and Elizabeth B. Lester (Cardiff Corvey Articles, Issue 2, 30 Sept. 1999).
Vol. 2 has imprint: New-York: Published by W.B. Gilley, 92 Broadway. C.S. Van Winkle, printer. 1819.
Vol. 1: 273, [1] p.; v. 2: 259, [1] p. Last page v. 1-2 blank.
Vol. 1
described separately at Shaw 49323 and v. 2 at Shaw 49324.
W.B. Gilley has recently published ..."--v. 1, p. [4] of cover.
"Recently published by W.B. Gilley ..."--v. 2, p. [4] of cover.
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
Upgraded
Condition reviewed
American Antiquarian Society copy has ink stamp and bookplate of the Redwood Library, Newport, R.I., the bequest of Jos. J. Cook, Prov. rec'd March 1883.
Hand-Verified No
Verified Yes
Attempted Verification No

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Ross, Mrs., Lester, Elizabeth B.. Hesitation; or, To Marry, or Not to Marry? By the Author of The Balance of Comfort, The Bachelor and Married Man, &c. In Two Volumes.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 16034, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/16034. Accessed 2024-12-22. 

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  year={1819},
  title={Hesitation; or, To Marry, or Not to Marry? By the Author of The Balance of Comfort, The Bachelor and Married Man, &c.  In Two Volumes.},
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  address={New York},    }

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