ON THE THRESHOLD OF LIBERTY: Journal of a Frenchman's Tour of the American Colonies in 1777

by Anonymous (translated by Edward D. Seeber)

First Edition

Price: $16.00
Shipping rates & speeds | 30 Day Return Guarantee Ask bookseller a question | E-mail to a friend

Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1959 x, 172 pp. Translator's introduction, editorial footnotes, index. Journal translated from French into English and provided with minimal editorial annotation. Written in an epistolary format, but obviously written for publication by an anonymous traveller from France, the primary interest of this "journal" is the insight it provides into contemporary European public opinion and perspectives on the new American colonies. Some wear and soiling to covers. Pages darkened due to age. "Discard" stamped on title page. Sewn binding with light creasing along spine.. First Edition. Paperback. Good. 15 x 23 cm.

Bookseller Terms of Sale

** NOTE TO INTERNATIONAL BUYERS: Surface shipping is no longer available from the USA. Whenever possible, we will ship your book(s) (well-protected in cardboard) in the flat-rate Priority (airmail) envelope. If your packaged item does not fit in the envelope, we may need to request additional shipping fees. OVERSIZED books (see end of book description, if relevant) will generally require extra shipping costs. Please e-mail if you have any questions. We answer all e-mails promptly; email is the quickest and most efficient method of communication for us. All items are offered subject to prior sale. Please wait for our e-mailed confirmation of availability and total cost (including shipping) before sending payment. PAYMENT: We accept direct orders paid by (1) check/money order or (2) Paypal (account: scholarstale@kiva.net). In either case, please contact us for confirmation of availability and shipping costs before sending payment. We accept credit card payments through Paypal (www.paypal.com) and through Biblio.com; we are unable to accept credit cards directly. Institutions can be invoiced. Customers outside the USA who are sending payment directly must prepay in US dollars (USD $) by one of the following options: (1) Paypal (account: scholarstale@kiva.net), (2) bank cheque drawn on a US bank, (3) international postal money order, (4) bank transfer (an extra US$10.00 fee charged by our bank also applies), (5) Western Union money transfer (please inquire). RETURNS: Any book may be returned within 10 days of receipt for any reason, with prior email notice, for a full refund of the book's price. Condition of returned items must be the same as when shipped; returns must be packed appropriately so that damage does not occur during the return shipment.