Second Series of a Diary in America with Remarks on its Institutions. by Marryat, Capt - 1840

T. K. & P. G. Collins, 1840. hardcover. Acceptable. 0x0x0. Philadelphia, 1840; brown cloth covered boards; heavy edge and corner wear with board exposed; front joint partially split; back strip buckled; back strip edges chipped with pieces missing; 12 mo, 6 3/4"-7 3/4" tall; end papers missing; interior foxed; Interior is clean and unmarked; 300 pages.

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paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

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paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Philadelphia: T. K. & P. G. Collins, 1840. First US Edition. Hardcover. Good-. 12mo. Pp. 300. Beige half cloth, titles printed on paper label mounted to the spine. Ex-Seattle Public Library reference work with ink stamps and labels affixed to the front pastedown, ink stamps at the foot of p. 1 and bottom edge, including their deaccession stamp. Hand-written owner label mounted to the front board "Fred H. Whitworth Olympia W.T. 1866," also signed "J. M. Whitworth" in pencil on the ffep, covers rubbed and stained, spine darkened and label chipped, foxing heavy to endpapers but moderate to leaves. The Royal Navy officer and novelist's second serving of opinionated commentary on American and Canadian society and amenities, following his 1837-38 tour. Frederick and John Whitworth were sons of George F. and Mary Whitworth who arrived in Olympia, Washington Territory via the Oregon Trail in 1854 and founded several Presbyterian Churches and schools in the Puget Sound area, one of which became Whitworth University. Read More

Philadelphia: Carey & Hart / T. K. & P. G. Collins, 1839. Book. Near Fine . Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Three volumes bound as two, published successively in 1839 and 1840. Original cloth hard covers, with paper spine title-labels. Moderate toning and handling to covers; mild toning & foxing to edges. Front free endpaper lacking in first volume (though there remains a blank fly-leaf); old owner's bookplate in each volume, with additional early name to endpaper of second volume. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat with bright text -- a sound and handsome set. [vol. I]242+228[vol. II]ii,300pp. Marryat's strident impressions of his tour in Canada and the US were not very well received..