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The stranger in america; or, letters to a gentleman in germany: comprising sketches of the manners, society, and national peculiarities of the united states
by LIEBER, Francis
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- Hardcover
- first
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Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1835. 356pp, [8]. With four final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Uncut in original publisher's dark green cloth-backed green paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Extremities marked and worn. Upper hinge exposed, foxed and creased throughout. The first edition, second issue (with a reset title page) of an analysis of the national American character, dedicated to Washington Irving, by German-American jurist and political philosopher Francis Lieber c.1798-1872). Lieber is predominantly remembered for his drafting of the legal guidelines for the Union army during the American Civil War, including the so-called 'Lieber code'; one of the first documents to comprehensively outline rules regulating the conduct of war, and a foundation for the Geneva Conventions. . First edition, second issue. 8vo.
Synopsis
"An AccessAble book." "Published in cooperation with University Libraries, University of South Carolina." Originally published: London : Richard Bentley, 1835.
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- Bookseller
- Antiquates Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AQ21925
- Title
- The stranger in america; or, letters to a gentleman in germany: comprising sketches of the manners, society, and national peculiarities of the united states
- Author
- LIEBER, Francis
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition, second issue
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Carey, Lea & Blanchard
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1835
- Keywords
- Travel
- Size
- 8vo
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Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
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Wareham, Dorset
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- First Edition
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- Hinge
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- Leaves
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- Foxed
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