A Winter In the West Indies, Described In Familiar Letters To Henry Clay, Of Kentucky

London. John Murray. 1840. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 23cm, The First Edition, xvi,282,12p., (publisher ads,), with 2 engraved plates, original blind decorated plumb cloth, gilt spine titles, some foxing, upper hinge repaired, top and bottom spine edges chipped, very good condition. (tr) ~ An English evangelical Quaker minister describes a tour through the West Indies (Santa Cruz, Saint Thomas,… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1840. 2nd ed. Hardcover. Very Good. frontis, xvi, 282p. plus 10 pages of publisher's advertisements (8 of which are dated 1840). Original dark green cloth. 23cm. Modest bubbling of cover cloth. Base of backstrip reglued. Minor splitting along joints. Contents sound. Publishers slip tipped to endpaper ("This day is published in imperial quarto, 25 s.… Read more about this item

London: John Murray., 1840., 1840. 8vo. pp. xvi, 282, [1], [12]ads. with half-title. 2 etched plates (incl. frontis. of Sligoville, Jamaica). untrimmed in original blind-stamped cloth (faded, extremities chipped & frayed, tear to head of spine, scattered foxing). First London Edition. The English philanthropist spent three years touring North America on a gospel mission. The present work contains a description… Read more about this item

London, John Murray, 1840.Original cloth (rebacked). With engraved frontispiece (Sligoville - Jamaica) and engraved plate (Brownstown - Jamaica) (both stained). XVI,282 pp.First edition; with autograph dedication by the author. - Letters of the celebrated Quaker Gurney (1788-1847) about the consequences of the abolition of slavery in the West Indies (Cuba, Jamaica, Dominica, St. Thomas, Antigua, etc.), wellcomed by the… Read more about this item

Mahlon Day & Co. Good+. 1840. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 203 pp; Book was previously owned by Kentucky State Historian, Thomas Clarke and the fly leaf reads " Thomas Clarke, Presented by M. E. Stevens (? ) . Book is foxed throughout, bound in dark green blind embossed fabric, there is… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1840. xvi, 282, 12pp. With an etched frontispiece, one further etched plate, and a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. A trifle rubbed and marked. Early inked gift inscription to recto of FFEP. The first edition of evangelical Quaker minister Joseph John Gurney's (1788- 1847) epistolary travelogue recording his… Read more about this item

John Murray, 1840. Hardcover. Good. second edition stated tight with some loss at spine

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Hardback. New.