NOTES OF A TOUR IN AMERICA FROM AUGUST 7TH TO NOVEMBER 17TH, 1877. by Vivian, H. Hussey - 1878

New York:: Arno Press,, 1974.. Hardcover -. Ex-library with relatively few markings, missing front endpaper, but overall tight and clean in gold cloth with burgundy lettering. . Facsimile Reprint. Originally published in 1878. Folding frontispiece map. The author, a member of Parliament, traveled from Halifax in Nova Scotia, to Boston, New York, Saratoga, etc, and then went across to the Pacific and back on the Union Pacific Railroad, taking in the California sites, including Yosemite. Vivian visited Utah and includes notes on the Mormons and polygamy. As a metallurgist, he devotes a significant amount of attention to the mining districts and the mineral resources of Nevada, Utah and California. Comments on the Chinese questions, frequent statements like loving the "darkies" and preferring "the niggers, etc." A title in the Foreign Travelers in America, 1810-1935 series. iii, 260 pp

London: Edward Stanford, 1878.. 8vo. vi+260 pp. Fold out map frontis. Decorated green cloth. Previous owner's inscription on title page. Some foxing to map and occasional light foxing throughout. Damp spot on rear board along foredge of top board. Some light wear to extremities, s. till a very good copy, bright and sound..

London: Edward Stanford, 1878. First edition, 8vo, pp. [4], iii, [3], 360; half-title not preserved; engraved folding map (slightly miscreased) with route outlined in red; recent brown cloth with gilt lettering, call numbers and Newberry Library seal on the spine; Newberry bookplate marked withdrawn, perforated stamp in the bottom margin of the title page; a good, sound copy with no external markings. Using the railroads the author traveled cross-country and back from Quebec to California and Utah, and return via St. Louis and Washington. Chapter IX is devoted entirely to Mormonism. Adams, Herd 2414; Cowan, p. 662; Flake 8545.

London: Edward Stanfor, 1878. [3],iii,[3],260pp. Folding frontispiece map. Half title. Original gilt-stamped pictorial cloth. Cloth lightly rubbed. Three leaves including preface and contents are laid in loosely. Scattered light foxing. Good. The author, a member of Parliament, went to the Pacific and back across the Union Pacific, taking in the California sites as well. Vivian visited Utah and includes notes on the Mormons and polygamy. The letters published here were originally published in Vivian's local paper, and he put them together in a book on his return. COWAN, p.662. FLAKE 8545. ADAMS, HERD 2414

London:: Edward Stanford,, 1878.. First edition.. publisher's green decorated cloth.. A nice copy with some light use to the extremities of the binding.. 8vo,. Folding map.