Charles Kingsley's American Notes: Letters from a Lecture Tour 1874; Edited by Robert Bernard Martin
by Kingsley, Charles
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/near fine
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Library, 1958. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. [10], 62, [2] p., 4 leaves of illustrations; 24 cm. Dark blue cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. Light brown dust jacket printed in black and blue. "Chart kept by Charles Kingsley on His Crossing to America, 1874, and Sent to His Son Grenville" on endpapers. Contains 24 letters written by Kingsley from Jan. through July 1874. During that period he travelled across North America and visited Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Mark Twain, President Grant, and the Governor General of Canada. Book is in Near Fine Condition: upper page edges slightly soiled; otherwise, clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Near Fine Condition: back section very lightly soiled.
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- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006908
- Title
- Charles Kingsley's American Notes: Letters from a Lecture Tour 1874; Edited by Robert Bernard Martin
- Author
- Kingsley, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Princeton University Library
- Place of Publication
- Princeton, N.J.
- Date Published
- 1958
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography & Autobiography; Travel & Exploration;
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