A TOUR THROUGH NORTH AMERICA: TOGETHER WITH A COMPREHENSIVE VIEW OF THE CANADAS AND THE UNITED STATES. AS ADAPTED FOR AGRICULTURAL EMIGRATION. by Shirreff, Patrick - 1835

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New York: Benjamin Blom, 1971. Reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine. Reprint of 1835 edition, 1971, hardcover with red cloth boards, octavo, 473pp., not illustrated. Book near fine with mild wear to spine ends and corners, binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked. No DJ.

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8vo in publisher's cloth. v, 473 pp. G+. Spine ends and corners worn; half inch split to the cloth at the top of the front joint. Light wear to boards. Binding is sound. Very light, occasional foxing. Ships wrapped in bubble wrap and packed securely in a box.

Edinburgh, 1835. Original cloth [rubbed, soiled moderately]. [1], [blank], iv, v, [blank], 473pp. Text lightly foxed, a couple of signatures springing. Good+. "Shirreff was a level-headed British farmer who was both a good judge of people and of land." Graff. "Four chapters of the 'Tour' are devoted to an account of travels in northern and central Illinois and from St. Louis to Cincinnati by the rivers. The 'View' contains, besides general matter, three chapters descriptive of Illinois, with special attention to agricultural conditions. Shirreff seems to have been a careful observer and his book is of considerable value." Buck. FIRST EDITION. Howes S425. Buck 263. TPL 1809. Graff 3763. 43 Decker 281. Not in Jenkins Full Howes, Eberstadt, Soliday.

Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1835. Hardcover. Good. v, 322, [2], 331-473 p. 23 cm. Original publisher's binding. Bumped corners, some dents to edges, hinges cracking. Foxing to first and last pages, tears in pp. 269-71. Patrick Shirreff (1791-1876) embarked on an agricultural tour of Upper and Lower Canada and the U.S. before allowing a younger brother to emigrate from their native Scotland. Back home, Shirreff was a pioneer of cereal hybridisation and was noted for producing several new varieties of oats and wheat. He seems to settle on Illinois as a preferred place for settlement, Upper Canada being "an interminable forest."

Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1835. Hardcover. Very good. iv, v, 473 p. 22 cm. Full leather with gilt impressing. Bumped corners and moderate wear to edges. Some light scuffing to front. Worn bookplate and former owner's label on front pastedown. Small ink mark on title. Some foxing to first and last pages. Patrick Shirreff (1791-1876) embarked on an agricultural tour of Upper and Lower Canada and the U.S. before allowing a younger brother to emigrate from their native Scotland. Back home, Shirreff was a pioneer of cereal hybridisation and was noted for producing several new varieties of oats and wheat. He settles on Illinois as a preferred place for settlement, Upper Canada being "an interminable forest."

Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd. Very Good+. 1835. First Edition. Hardcover. Handsomely bound Brown leather spine with raised bands. Gilt title on spine label with gilt decorated panels ( iv). (v) 473pp. Clean green cloth with front leather protective corners. Marbled page edges. Interior of text is tight, clean & intact. Marbled endpaper. Author toured major cities in Mass. New York, Illinois, Ohio, Missouri, Mississippiand Michigan, New England and Upper Canada. Americana, Agricultural; Americana; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 473 pages .

Edinburg, 1835. [4],iv,v,[1],473pp. Modern three-quarter red morocco and paper boards, spine gilt. Minor wear. Internally clean. Untrimmed. Very good. The author, a Scottish farmer from East Lothian, crossed Lake Michigan directly from Canada to Detroit on his way to Chicago, then a hamlet of 150 wooden houses. "Four chapters of the 'Tour' are devoted to an account of travels in northern and central Illinois and from St. Louis to Cincinnati by the rivers. The 'View' contains, besides general matter, three chapters descriptive of Illinois...his book is of considerable value" - Buck. SABIN 80554. HOWES S425. BUCK 263. LANDE 789. TPL 1809.