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Life in Mexico, During a Residence of Two Years in that Country . . . With a Preface by W. H. Prescott
by [CALDERON DE LA BARCA, FRANCES]
- Used
- Condition
- Spine and edges repaired; some light browning and foxing; very good copy.
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Chapman and Hall, 1843, 1843. First English edition, preceded a few months by the American edition. Smith, American Travellers Abroad, C2; Sabin 9889; Robinson, Wayward Women, page 233; Theakstone, Victorian & Edwardian Women Travellers, page 65. Spine and edges repaired; some light browning and foxing; very good copy.. 8vo, original blind-stamped black cloth, gilt lettering. 16-page publisher's catalogue dated August, 1845. "This is the earliest and most balanced first-hand account of Mexico to be written by a woman" - Robinson. Frances Calderon de la Barca (1804-82) was born in Scotland and raised in France and Boston, where she met the Spanish Minister to the United States, Angelo Calderon de la Barca. Together they traveled to Mexico. Bookplate of American novelist Larry McMurtry on the front paste-down; this is a duplicate from his large collection of books by women travelers.
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- The Brick Row Book Shop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28960
- Title
- Life in Mexico, During a Residence of Two Years in that Country . . . With a Preface by W. H. Prescott
- Author
- [CALDERON DE LA BARCA, FRANCES]
- Format/Binding
- Smith, American Travellers Abroad, C2; Sabin 9889; Robinson, Wayward Women, page 233; Theakstone, Victorian & Edwardian Women Tr
- Book Condition
- Used - Spine and edges repaired; some light browning and foxing; very good copy.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First English edition, preceded a few months by the American edi
- Publisher
- London: Chapman and Hall, 1843
- Date Published
- 1843
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