Author: Frederick Law Olmsted Title: A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States, with Remarks on Their Economy
Description: 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.
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Price: US$ 375.00 Seller: Kubik Fine Books Ltd.
- Book number: 174496
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