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A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States, With Remarks on their Economy
de Olmsted, Frederick Law
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New York: Dix & Edwards, 1856. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 19 x 13 cm. 12mo. xv (1) 723pp (1) (iv publisher's ads). Illustrated with in-text engravings. Bound in brown blind stamped cloth. Name and address stamp on front free endpaper. Many of the pages show staining at the very edges. Fading to spine. Stain to foredge. Binding still tight. Howe and Sabin mention a map; this is not present and may have been noted in error. Graff does not note a map nor does any catalogue record I could locate. Olmsted was best known for his landscape architecture and design of Central park. He was commissioned by the New York Daily Times to write a through account of the southern states, he concluded that slavery caused by more economic and social harm than any benefit could justify. Sabin 57242. Howe (2nd edition) O-78. Graff 3096. Clark III 482.
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- Título
- A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States, With Remarks on their Economy
- Autor
- Olmsted, Frederick Law
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- Usado - Bien
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- 1
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- First edition
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- Dix & Edwards
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- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1856
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- American History;
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
