A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States, with Remarks on Their Economy by Olmsted, Frederick Law - 1856-01-01

New York: Dix & Edwards. Poor. 1856. Hardcover. Reading Copy. Cover detatched, Text Block split. ; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall .

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New York: Dix & Edwards and London: Sampson Low, Son & Co., 1856. xv, [1], 723, [1], iv (Dix and Edwards publisher's ads), [1, (blank)]pp. Early printing. 12mo. Publisher's brown cloth. Illustrated with in-text engravings. Mild rubbing binding, crown of spine lightly chipped and with tiny short small tear. A nice tight and clean copy and Very Good. This copy bears the dual New York and London imprints, but has "Miller & Company" stamped at the foot of the spine. (Miller & Holman were the printers of the first edition.)  The top of the title-page has an early pencil autograph of "L.F. Olmsted" -this individual's connection to Frederick Law Olmsted, if any, is unknown to us. Widely-known as a prominent landscape architect, and the designer of New York's Central Park, Frederick Law Olmsted also wrote three books on his impressions of the south. Commissioned by the editor of the New York Times, Journey in the Seaboard Slave States is the first of these three travels. Olmsted's trip began in Washington… Read More

New York: Dix & Edwards, 1856. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 19 x 13 cm. 12mo. xv (1) 723pp (1) (iv publisher's ads). Illustrated with in-text engravings. Bound in brown blind stamped cloth. Name and address stamp on front free endpaper. Many of the pages show staining at the very edges. Fading to spine. Stain to foredge. Binding still tight. Howe and Sabin mention a map; this is not present and may have been noted in error. Graff does not note a map nor does any catalogue record I could locate. Olmsted was best known for his landscape architecture and design of Central park. He was commissioned by the New York Daily Times to write a through account of the southern states, he concluded that slavery caused by more economic and social harm than any benefit could justify. Sabin 57242. Howe (2nd edition) O-78. Graff 3096. Clark III 482.

New York/London: Dix & Edwards/Sampson Low, Son & Co, 1856. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 723p. Ex-library. A small hardcover book bound in dark brown cloth. Heavily worn, with rubbed and ragged edges and a cockeyed spine. Traces of sticker residue on spine and various library markings inside. The front hinge has been reinforced with tape, but the binding as a whole is saggy and ought to be handled gently. The text itself is unmarked. A thoroughly used but still readable copy. An account of the author's tour of the antebellum South, with commentary on slavery and the plantation economy. Illustrated with occasional small black and white engravings. Howes O-78. Measures approx. 7.5" x 5

New York: Dix & Edwards, 1856. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition. Bound in publisher's brown ribbed cloth decorated in blind and lettered in gilt on the spine. Near Fine, with dulling to gilt titles, shallow chipping at head of spine. Several small stains to top edge of textblock. Small corner missing from front free end paper. A nice and sharp copy of a book which usually turns up much worse for wear. Olmsted was interested in the slave economy and was commissioned by The New York Daily Times (currently The New York Times) to travel in the American South and gather extensive research. His dispatches, vivid first-person accounts of the antebellum South, were collected into three volumes, this being the first.