Author: Verney, Lady [Frances Parthenope Nightengale. 1819 - 1890]
Title: PEASANT PROPERTIES And Other Selected Essays. In Two Volumes
Description: London: Longmans Green and Co, 1885. 1st edition. Black half-sheep bindings with black cloth boards. Marbled edges & eps. 2 volumes ([8], 292; [6], 258 pp). 12mo. 6-3/4" x 4-1/2". Some general binding wear, with minor rubbing to joints. Period bookplate. A VG+ copy of a fairly uncommon title. A collection of essays, including one here published for the first time, wherein Lady Verney presents her view on the divers manners & mores of various countries, including a particularly condescending sketch of the States in Volume II, "The Americans Painted by Themselves, 1884.".

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