What I Saw In London; Or, Men And Times In The Great Metropolis
by Bartlett, David W
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with No dust jacket as issued
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Auburn: Derby & Miller. Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1852. First Edition; 2nd Thousand. Hardcover. Auburn: Derby and Miller, 1852. First Edition, "Second Thousand". 8vo. x,[11]-327 pages plus 8-page publisher's catalog. Original brown cloth, covers stamped in blind, spine in gilt. Spine ends and corners worn, gilt on spine dulled, lightly foxed throughout. Bartlett's observations after spending 2 separate years in London, the latter in 1850, "a true account of our own impressions of London, its places, people, their manners and customs
." - [Preface]. Subjects include Hyde and Victoria Parks, George Cruikshank, Charles Dickens, Alfred Tennyson, English Women, Duke of Wellington, Billingsgate Market, House of Lords, The Crystal Palace, much more.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 327 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Dale A. Sorenson (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2497
- Title
- What I Saw In London; Or, Men And Times In The Great Metropolis
- Author
- Bartlett, David W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with No dust jacket as issued
- Edition
- First Edition; 2nd Thousand
- Publisher
- Derby & Miller
- Place of Publication
- Auburn
- Date Published
- 1852
- Keywords
- Travel, London, Great Britain, England, Americans Abroad
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Dale A. Sorenson
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