SARMIENTO'S TRAVELS IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1847 by Rockland, Michael Aaron - 1970

Princeton: Princeton University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1970. Hardcover. 0691046026 . DJ is price-clipped, and is in a mylar protector. .

Princeton, New Jersey, Princeton University Press, 1970, First edition. . original cloth with gilt spine title lettering, dj (chipped at spine end, price clipped), fine and clean in very good jacket. . 8vo [22 x 14 cm]; xiii, 330 pp, illus, portraits, index. . Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Argentine educator, statesman and writer, travelled extensively in the United States, observing society and conditions, as de Tocqueville before him, and describing his meetings with Horace Mann, Emerson, Longfellow, etc. The 106 page introduction provides a good historical perspective to the Sarmiento's work and correspondence which the editor was able to find and translate. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Princeton Princeton University Press, 1970, hardcover. Sarmiento (1811-1888) was Argentine writer, educator, revolutionary leader, and an admirer of the United States. -- Introduction essay and translation by Michael Aaron Rockland, and signed by Rockland, to [names]. -- Hardcover. Condition: very good minus (edges spotted; bottom page margins wavy) with good, price-clipped dust jacket (edgewear and small chips). ISBN 0691046026

Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1971 This is the 1971 second printing of the 1970 edition. The dust jacket's back is a little tanned, the edges have several small tearsa and the inside flap is clipped. 330 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Size E: 8"-9" Tall (204-227mm).