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A Peep at the Western World;

A Peep at the Western World;

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A Peep at the Western World;

by L., T. D. [Landon. T. D.?]

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CANADIAN & AMERICAN TRAVELS

first edition small 8vo. [4],iv, 126pp., 1 text illustration, original pink grained cloth, printed paper title label on front cover, old water stain at lower gutter corner of front cover and adjacent area of spine, cloth generally slightly dusty, small piece chipped from upper edge of title label, else generally very good. Uncommon.

Inscribed on front pastedown endpaper "E. Farrington/ Southampton/ 1863".

Library Hub (formerly COPAC) locates in B.L., Cambridge, Oxford, N.L.S. & T.C.D.. Oxford give the anonymous author as T. D. Landon but on what basis we do not know. T. D. L. had published "Narrative of a Journey through India" in London in 1857, with the pseudonym again in some cases identified as Landon.
Describes the voyage from Liverpool to Halifax and journey thereafter through parts of modern Canada (p.9- 90) and then parts of New York and Pennsylvania states in U.S.A.

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Bookseller
P & B Rowan GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
58350
Title
A Peep at the Western World;
Author
L., T. D. [Landon. T. D.?]
Format/Binding
Original cloth
Book Condition
Used
Quantity Available
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Edition
First edition
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
John Russell Smith
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1863
Size
8vo.
Weight
0.00 lbs
Keywords
canada usa americana

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