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Society in America (THREE VOLUME SET)
by Martineau, Harriet
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
London: Saunders and Otley, Conduit Street, 1839. Second Edition. . Leather Bound. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavos. xix, 364; vi, 369; vi, 365 pages. Hardcovers rebound in 3/4 burgundy morocco leather with raised bands on the spines and burgundy marbled paper-covered boards. Elaborate gilt tooling in the compartments on the spines. Top edges gilt. Light rubbing to the bindings overall. Some of the raised bands are a little more heavily rubbed. Matching marbled endpapers. The text is a little toned but is generally clean. A very attractive set. Stated Second Edition on the title pages. Harriet Martineau (1802-1876) was an early sociologist, traveller, philosopher and feminist. She is often regarded as the first female sociologist. In 1834-36 she travelled to America and observed American political and social institutions. She travelled to New York, Chicago, and Atlanta and was received by former President James Monroe at his home Montpelier. She also met numerous abolitionist and wrote of the poor state of affairs in America for the slaves and for women, especially in the field of rights and education. Her critical remarks at the time made her controversial, but the work remains one of the most clear-eyed accounts of the state of American society in the early 19th Century. She was friends with numerous writers and public figures of the day, including George Eliot, Charlotte Bronte, Charles Dickens and Charles Darwin. Princess Victoria invited Martineau to her 1838 coronation.
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- Bookseller
- Pages Past Used and Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 048281
- Title
- Society in America (THREE VOLUME SET)
- Author
- Martineau, Harriet
- Format/Binding
- Leather Bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Saunders and Otley, Conduit Street
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1839
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 3.90 lbs
- Keywords
- 1839; Harriet Martineau; Travel Accounts; Americana; American history; United States; Society; Social; Institutions; African American; Negroes; Slavery; Slaves; Women; Education; Fine Leather Bindings: Set.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; General Antiquarian & Rare;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
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Greensboro, North Carolina
About Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
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- 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...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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