The Englishwoman in America
by Bird, Isabella
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- New/No Jacket
- Seller
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STREETSVILLE, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Chicago IL: Lakeside Press / R. R. Donnelley & Sons, 2012 Book. New. Hardcover. Reissue.. Lakeside Classics Series. A reissue in a slightly abridged version [Edited and annotated by Thomas Philbrick] of the journeys in 1854 of this intrepid Victorian traveller who "traveled for five months, much of the time alone, by every imaginable method of conveyance through Upper and Lower Canada and from New England to the Mississippi." Includes her observation of people and places from her arrival in Halifax, through Prince Edward Island,Boston, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Chicago, Detroit, Hamilton, Niagara Falls, Toronto, Montreal , Quebec and New York. Illustrated in colour by a selection of contemporary prints. 372 p. map index. The Lakeside Press Classics series was started in 1903 by Thomas E. Donnelley, [who] believed that a simple book, dignified and well designed, would be an appropriate holiday gift. Beautifully printed on fine paper in a handsome green cloth covered boards, with gilt title and decorations. Small format nice gift volume..
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- Bookseller
- KALAMOS BOOKS (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 34016
- Title
- The Englishwoman in America
- Author
- Bird, Isabella
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reissue.
- Publisher
- Lakeside Press / R. R. Donnelley & Sons
- Place of Publication
- Chicago IL
- Date Published
- 2012
- Keywords
- WOMEN TRAVEL NORTH AMERICA UPPER LOWER QUBEC NEW BRUNSWICK PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND NOVA SCOTIA ONTARIO CANADA UNITED STATES
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel Books; United States;
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