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TRAVELS IN NORTH AMERICA, IN THE YEARS 1827 AND 1828
by Hall, Basil, Capt
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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Edinburgh: Printed for T. Cadell and Co., 1829.. Three volumes. iv,ii,421; [4],ii,432; vii,[1],436pp., plus folding colored map and folding table. Half titles. 12mo. Contemporary gilt calf, expertly rebacked to style, spines gilt. Corners rubbed. Contemporary bookplate on front pastedowns. Internally clean. Very good. First edition. Captain Hall, a Scottish naval officer, travelled throughout much of the Northeast and the Midwest, including the Great Lakes region. His southern route brought him through Maryland, Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, and Alabama. He also travelled south via the Mississippi through Louisiana, and north to Quebec; his route is traced on the map. "His work contains many excellent descriptions of places and conditions that came under his observation" (Clark), including Creek ceremonies, and navigating the Mississippi. The handsome colored map shows the United States as far west as Arkansas Territory and Missouri.
"Hall's three-volume Travels in North America...was one of the most widely read of over 200 such books written by British travelers to North America before the Civil War. Like all of these books, however, it was in general condemned by American readers...defensive about any European's judgments concerning the new nation's political experiments, its classless society, and its system of slavery which, especially to Britons at the time, was becoming more and more abhorrent. Nevertheless, perhaps in part because of Hall's intent to help his countrymen 'think the Americans more worthy of regard and confidence,' perhaps in part because he was determined to learn about America only from Americans, Hall's 'Travels' was more nearly acceptable in the United States than contemporaneous accounts....Readers today, especially Americans, will in fact find Hall's keen, detailed, and well-written observations to be both just and significant" - ANB. ANB 9, p.849. HOWES H47. CLARK III:48. BUCK 207. SABIN 29725.
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- Bookseller
- William Reese Company
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WRCAM50758
- Title
- TRAVELS IN NORTH AMERICA, IN THE YEARS 1827 AND 1828
- Author
- Hall, Basil, Capt
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Printed for T. Cadell and Co.
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1829.
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
William Reese Company
Biblio member since 2006
New Haven, Connecticut
About William Reese Company
Since 1975, William Reese Company has served a large international clientele of collectors and private and public institutions in the acquisition of rare books and manuscripts and in collection development.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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- Gilt
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