Domestic Manners of the Americans
by Mrs. Trollope
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- A fine copy, text and plates are crisp and clean.
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Whittaker, Treacher, & Co, 1832. A fine copy, text and plates are crisp and clean. . Edition: 3rd, Binding: recent ½ calf with marbled boards, spine with 5 compartments of raised bands, gilt lettering on two and three. All edges speckled., Notes: 3rd edition published the same year as the first., Size: 8vo, Illustration: Contains24 hand colored lithographs depicting various aspects of American life by August Herview who accompanied the author on the journey. , Volume: 2, References: Sabin 97208, Pages: Volume 1. P. frontis, half-title, printer’s imprint, title, blank, v-xi, blank, 1-300; Volume 2. P. frontis, half-title, printer’s imprint, title, blank, v-vii, blank, 1-303, advertisment., Category: Book Americas
Synopsis
Domestic Manners of the Americans is an 1832 travel book by Frances Trollope, which follows her travels through America and her residence in Cincinnati, at the time still a frontier town.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B2174
- Title
- Domestic Manners of the Americans
- Author
- Mrs. Trollope
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine copy, text and plates are crisp and clean.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Whittaker, Treacher, & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1832
- Keywords
- Book Americas
Terms of Sale
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- Spine
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- Edges
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- Crisp
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- Fine
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- Raised Band(s)
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- Calf
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