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North America.
by TROLLOPE, Anthony
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Chapman & Hall,, 1862. First edition of Trollope's account of his travels in North America just before the American Civil War. This edition was published in May 1862, the American edition was published the following month. Trollope produced a sensitive and nuanced portrait of the American North (he did not visit the South), in contrast to his mother's much vilified Domestic Manners of the Americans published some 30 years earlier. Two volumes, octavo. Original pinkish-maroon embossed cloth, titles in gilt to spines, edges untrimmed, brown coated endpapers. Folding map of North America to vol. 1, and 32 pp. of publisher's advertisements dated October 1861 at end. Spines lightly sunned, s little wear to corners, spine ends of vol. 1 sometime restored, the bindings otherwise firm, hinges tender, internally clean and untoned; a very good set indeed. Sadleir, Trollope 14.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 128279
- Title
- North America.
- Author
- TROLLOPE, Anthony
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London: Chapman & Hall,
- Date Published
- 1862
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Peter Harrington
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
Glossary
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- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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