Author: CRÈVECOEUR, HECTOR ST. JOHN DE
Title: Letters from an American Farmer (Franklin Library 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature Series)
Description: Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1982. Full-Leather. Born in Normandy in 1735, Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur emigrated to the New World, traveled widely in Pennsylvania, New York and Massachusetts, and wrote about what he saw. His letters provide a glimpse of life in British colonies in the 18th century. They are presented in a deluxe Franklin Library edition with various period illustrations in black & white. An entry in the publisher's 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature series, issued in conjunction with the Bicentennial of the American Revolution. One of an unspecified number in a limited edition. --- Bound in full brown bonded leather covers with three raised bands on spine. Spine titling, elaborate decorations to covers and spine, and textblock edges all in bright gilt. Interior leaves printed on high-quality papers. Brown silk moire endpapers, with matching sewn-in satin ribbon placemarker. Volume lacks a dust jacket (as issued). --- With a couple of faint scratches to textblock top edge gilding, otherwise an about-Fine copy, lacking additional damages: crisp, tightly-bound, bright and possibly unread.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; xiv, 248 pages. Near Fine with no dust jacket .

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