Sale 691: Americana - Custeriana - Travel & Exploration - Cartography (#691) 12/19/2019 11:00 AM PST CLOSED!

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Lot 80 of 457:
Henry Bradshaw Fearon Sketches of America  

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Title:
Sketches of America. A Narrative of a Journey of Five Thousand Miles Through The Eastern and Western States of America

Author:
Fearon, Henry Bradshaw

Place:
London

Publisher:
Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown

Date:
1819

Description:

xvi, 454 pp. (8vo) 22.5x13.5 cm (9x5¼"), three-quarter period calf, marbled boards, tooled designs and gilt lettering on spine, raised bands; top edge cut. Third Edition.

Final and most complete edition. The author was sent to America by a group of 39 English families to ascertain the benefits of emigration. Howes considers the authors observations an "unflattering picture of the western frontier". Howes F65; Sabin 23956


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Condition:
Faint wear to edges of boards and corners; occasional foxing throughout and toning to edges of textblock; very good or better.


 
Item number:
301164
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