NOTES ON A JOURNEY IN AMERICA, FROM THE COAST OF VIRGINIA TO THE TERRITORY OF ILLINOIS; with Proposals for the Establishment of a Colony of English, Accompanied by a Map Illustrating the Route
by BIRKBECK, Morris
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Dublin: Thomas Haydock, 1818. One of four Dublin editions (first published in Phila. in 1817). 8vo. 158 pp. Large folding map. Howes B-468. Bound with this: Letters from Illinois. Dublin: Printed by Thomas Courtney, 1818. One of two 1818 Dublin editions (first published in Phila. in 1818). 8vo. 60 pp. Howes B-467. Later flame calf (front joint rubbed and starting), morocco spine label, t.e.g., others untrimmed. A very good copy.
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- NOTES ON A JOURNEY IN AMERICA, FROM THE COAST OF VIRGINIA TO THE TERRITORY OF ILLINOIS; with Proposals for the Establishment of a Colony of English, Accompanied by a Map Illustrating the Route
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- BIRKBECK, Morris
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- Thomas Haydock
- Place of Publication
- Dublin
- Date Published
- 1818
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