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Sat, Sep 15, 2018 09:00AM EDT
Lot 1049

A Summary View of America, 1824

Estimate: $400 - $600

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by An Englishman, [Isaac Candler], London: T. Cadell, 1824, Howes C110, Sabin 10672, Candler traveled from New England to North Carolina during 1822 and 1823, offering his observations according to topic including slavery, free blacks, government, political parties, Indians, commerce, literature, patriotism, etc., Candler finds much in America to admire, but concludes that Englishmen would not be happy here, bound in contemporary paper boards, neatly rebacked in matching paper, retaining the original paper spine label; with receipt from George MacManus Company

, Provenance: The Collection of Thomas A. Gray

Condition

ownership signature on the front free endpaper, occasional light foxing, extremities rubbed otherwise very good

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