A TRIP TO BRITISH HONDURAS, AND TO SAN PEDRO, REPUBLIC OF HONDURAS
by Swett, Charles
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About This Item
New Orlean: [George Ellis], 1868. [2],125pp. 12mo. Original stiff printed wrappers. Wrappers dust soiled, outside corners of front wrapper chipped, wear to spine strip. Quite clean internally. Very good. At the end of the Civil War, the author left his home in Warren County, Mississippi, and traveled to British Honduras in hopes that it would serve as a refuge for him and fellow Southerners ruined by the war and unable to accept the the idea of a Yankee government. In his "Prefatory Remarks," Swett writes: "If despite our exertions to the contrary, our country should be brought to the humiliating fact of equality of races existing amongst us - when an inferior holds public position, and even serve in the capacity of representatives of the people, or when we are satisfied this will be the result of what is now transpiring, it will be well to surrender this land to our persecutors...." After a trying tour of Honduras and nearby countries, it turned out Central America seemed little better, and like many self-exiled southerners, Swett returned after two years. He provides information on the flora and fauna of both British and Spanish Honduras, along with information on customs and reprints of government regulations in Spanish and English. THOMPSON 3203. PALAU 325867. SMITH, AMERICAN TRAVELLERS ABROAD S-212. EBERSTADT 105:288.
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- Bookseller
- William Reese Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- A TRIP TO BRITISH HONDURAS, AND TO SAN PEDRO, REPUBLIC OF HONDURAS
- Author
- Swett, Charles
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- [George Ellis]
- Place of Publication
- New Orlean
- Date Published
- 1868
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With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Spine Strip
- The material covering the spine, or the rear portion of the outside of a book.