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New York: Mason Brothers. Very Good. 1861. First Edition. Hardcover. iv, 404 pages; New York: Very Good. 1861. First Edition. Iv, 404 pages; Contents clean and secure in original publisher's binding of green diced cloth with gilt lettering at spine. Minor wear to cloth at spine ends, corners very slightly rounded, not worn. This book bears an old former owner's name on ffep "E. Gaylord", a Colby College "withdrawn" stamp on copyright page and a Colby College stamp on tp. A nice example of this first edition of Olmsted's The Cotton Kingdom, a Condensation of his three separately published journeys, perhaps the most detailed study of the antebellum South. Howes O-76; Sabin 57240 Interested in the slave economy, he was commissioned by the New York Daily Times (now The New York Times) to embark on an extensive research journey through the American South and Texas from 1852 to 1857. His dispatches to the Times were collected into three volumes -- A Journey in the… Leer más