Retrospect Of Western Travel (2 Volumes)
by Martineau, Harriet
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Traverse City, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Lohman. Good. 1838. First American Edition. Hardcover. Harriet Martineau (1802 - 1876) was an English author and social theorist. who traveled throughout the eastern United States in 1834-36 and describes her experiences and observations of American society with lively detail and uncommon insight. She observed and commented upon prisons, slavery, education, economics, women in society, in fact, the whole range of American society. Her work is a standard in the literature of American travel as well as on American society in the early nineteenth century. This is the first American edition in the original publisher's paper-covered boards (which are worn) with modern brown cloth spines with gilt spine lettering. Volume one is foxed to a larger extent than volume two; several pages are torn at the lower extremities have been sewn with old linen (this set was obviously valued by an early owner). Pagination of the 2 volumes: volume 1, 198 p. ; Volume 2, 178 p. Ref: Howes M348, Sabin 44940 ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 198, 178 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peninsula Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 72
- Title
- Retrospect Of Western Travel (2 Volumes)
- Author
- Martineau, Harriet
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Lohman
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1838
- Keywords
- Americana, Travel, Michigan, Americana, Howes
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Peninsula Books
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Traverse City, Michigan
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- Cloth
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