A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States, With Remarks on their Economy
by Olmsted, Frederick Law
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- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
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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- Bookseller
- Midway Used and Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 69784
- Title
- A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States, With Remarks on their Economy
- Author
- Olmsted, Frederick Law
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Dix & Edwards
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1856
- Bookseller catalogs
- American History;
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