Travels in America
by George Fibbleton
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Warwick, New York, United States
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About This Item
William Pearson, New York, 1833. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. FIBBLETON, GEORGE [Asa Greene]. Travels in America, New York: William Pearson, 1833.12mo, first edition, pp. 216, original purple cloth boards (new browned). The author claimed to be "Ex-Barber to His Majesty" but was actually a physician who became a bookseller, according to Sabin 28585. See also Howes G376. This book is a satire on Isaac Fidler's "Travels in America," reporting on such absurd spectacles as swine-pulled stagecoaches on Broadway in New York.Condition of this book:Ex-library, boards worn, losses at spine ends, upper panel missing a small chunk of cloth.Leaves clean and tight, not much foxing. Size: 12mo. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; United States; 19th century; Humour. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 51980. .
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- Seller
- Rarities etc. (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 51980
- Title
- Travels in America
- Author
- George Fibbleton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Pearson
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1833
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Antiquarian & Rare; United States; 19th century; Humour. George Fibbleton Travels in America
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- Tight
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- Edges
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- 12mo
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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