White Conquest

Leipzig: Tauchnitz, 1876. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 6.5" by 4.5". None. A travel book written by William Hepworth Dixon on his North American journey. Complete in two volumes. Dixon writes on the politics, religion, ethnicity, education and the history of certain North American states. This book is from the Tauchnitz 'Collection of British Authors' which started in 1842 and continued for almost a century. The collection eventually comprised of 5370 volumes. Christian Bernhard Tauchnitz founded his Leipzig publishing firm in 1837 at the age of 20. His specialism was publishing foreign language books, particularly English. He began his firm at a defining period for English literature, as popular authors were producing a wider range of work in differing genres and forms. Tauchnitz built a good reputation with many leading British and American authors which lead him to be the principal publisher of English Language books in continental Europe from 1840 to 1940. In some instances authors sent Tauchnitz their proofs in order for them to be published at the same time as the British publisher, or in some cases before. William Hepworth Dixon was an English historian and traveller. He began his literary career in 1846 when he became editor for the Cheltenham Journal. He began travelling in 1861 when he visited Portugal, Spain and Morocco. He visited the States in 1866 where he discovered a collection of the state papers, originally Irish in the Public Library, Philadelphia which dated back to James II's reign. He ensured their handing back to the British Government. He visited the United States and Canada again in September 1874. In full calf bindings with gilt detailing to the spines. Externally, very smart with minor rubbing to areas of the joints and the heads of the spines. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are slightly age toned due to paper used. Pages are clean. Very Good Indeed