TRAVELS IN NORTH AMERICA, IN THE YEARS 1827 AND 1828. IN TWO VOLUMES
by Hall, Captain Basil
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Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Carey, 1829. Two volumes, each bound in contemporary three quarter blue paper over cloth. Spines shorn, hinges weak, rear cover of volume 1 detached but present. vi, [5]-322; iv, [9]-339, [1 blank] pp. Rear free endpaper of volume 2 torn. Light scattered foxing. Except as noted, Very Good.
A captain in the Royal Navy, Hall traveled to North America in 1828. He visited Quebec, Pennsylvania, New York, the New England states, New Orleans, the Mississippi and Ohio River valleys. In his southern route, Hall describes visits to various plantations, Creek Indian ceremonies, slavery, other customs. Hall's snooty attitude toward things American annoyed his former colonials. Clark acknowledges that Hall "was not pleased with the South...[H]e found difficulty in adjusting himself to the democratic manners and rude accommodations that he found in the United States, both North and South. Nevertheless, he was a clear and forceful writer, and his work contains many excellent descriptions of places and conditions that came under his observation."
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Howes H47. Larned 1623. III Clark, Old South 48.
A captain in the Royal Navy, Hall traveled to North America in 1828. He visited Quebec, Pennsylvania, New York, the New England states, New Orleans, the Mississippi and Ohio River valleys. In his southern route, Hall describes visits to various plantations, Creek Indian ceremonies, slavery, other customs. Hall's snooty attitude toward things American annoyed his former colonials. Clark acknowledges that Hall "was not pleased with the South...[H]e found difficulty in adjusting himself to the democratic manners and rude accommodations that he found in the United States, both North and South. Nevertheless, he was a clear and forceful writer, and his work contains many excellent descriptions of places and conditions that came under his observation."
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Howes H47. Larned 1623. III Clark, Old South 48.
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- David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC (US)
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- Title
- TRAVELS IN NORTH AMERICA, IN THE YEARS 1827 AND 1828. IN TWO VOLUMES
- Author
- Hall, Captain Basil
- Book Condition
- Used
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- Carey, Lea & Carey
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1829
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