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Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1830. Third Edition. Hardcover. Good. 3 vols.: xiv, 421; vi, 432; vii, 436, 9 p. 20 cm. Fold-out table at rear of vol. III. Half leather with marbled boards. Matching endpapers and text block edges. Spine labels missing, general wear to extremities, especially corners. Bookseller's and former owner's labels on front pages. Fold-out map missing but replaced by photocopy. First published in 1829, Hall's Travels caused some offence to Americans due to his criticisms of American society. Specifically, Hall witnesses a slave auction and is greatly disturbed by the experience (pp. 34-40). He is not entirely pro-abolitionist, however, and his generally positive descriptions of southern plantations may strike modern readers as naive. Appendix at rear of Vol. III explains how to operate a camera lucida, an optical device used as a drawing aid by artists. Rear table shows square mileage of each state of the union.
TRAVELS IN NORTH AMERICA, IN THE YEARS 1827 AND 1828. IN THREE VOLUMES. by Hall, Captain Basil - 1829
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TRAVELS IN NORTH AMERICA, IN THE YEARS 1827 AND 1828. IN THREE VOLUMES.
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Cadell and Co. : Edinburgh. Very Good+. 1829. Hardcover. Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; Complete 3 volume set, spine have been restored with suede over the original fabric-mesh-covered-leather boards. Hand color map is neatly folded in as published, pages unmarked with little to no toning or foxing. A nice, clean tight and attractive book. .
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Travels in North America, in the Years 1827 and 1828. In Three Volumes
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Travels in North America, in the Years 1827 and 1828. In Three Volumes
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Edinburgh: Cadell and Co, 1829. Hardcover. Ex library-good. 3 vols.: iv, ii, 421; 432; vii, 436, 4 p. 22 cm. Fold-out colour map at front of vol. I. Fold-out table at rear of vol. III. Original publisher's bindings respined in tan paper. Corners a bit worn. Foxing is mainly to first and last pages. Library markings at top of first Contents pages and occasionally elsewhere. Basil Hall, FRS (1788 1844) was a British naval officer from Scotland, a traveller, and an author. From the beginning of his naval career he had been encouraged by his father to keep a journal, which later became the source for a series of books and publications describing his travels. In 1829 Hall published these Travels in North America, which caused some offence due to his criticisms of American society. One is not surprised that an American schoolteacher objected to Hall's opinion that Scottish, not American, pronunciation, should be used in the classroom (Vol. I p. 28). Hall's overall opinion was that "With the Americans…
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