Search Results: notes of a tour in america by vivian h hussey

New York:: Arno Press,, 1974.. Hardcover -. Ex-library with relatively few markings, missing front endpaper, but overall tight and clean in gold cloth with burgundy lettering. . Facsimile Reprint. Originally published in 1878. Folding frontispiece map. The author, a member of Parliament, traveled from Halifax in Nova Scotia, to Boston, New York, Saratoga, etc, and then went across to the Pacific and back on the Union Pacific Railroad, taking in the California sites, including Yosemite. Vivian visited Utah and includes notes on the Mormons and polygamy. As a metallurgist, he devotes a significant amount of attention to the mining districts and the mineral resources of Nevada, Utah and California. Comments on the Chinese questions, frequent statements like loving the "darkies" and preferring "the niggers, etc." A title in the Foreign Travelers in America, 1810-1935 series. iii, 260 pp

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London: Edward Stanford, 1878. Book. Poor. Hardcover. 260 p. No jacket. Cover damaged: discolored, stained, dirty, worn bare, marked, part of cover missing on spine. Cover separating from hinges. Former owner wrote name on inside of front cover and made notes (some quite interesting) throughout the entire book. Bookplate of former owner on one of front pages. Inside covers, endpapers, pages and edges of pages yellowed, foxed, stained..

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1878, EDWARD STANFORD, LONDON. 1ST EDITION. A VERY GOOD COPY IN ORIGINAL GREEN SILK BOARDS DECORATED IN GILT. SOME BUMPING TO THE CORNERS AND TOP AND BOTTOM OF SPINE AND A CREASE ON THE FRONT BOARD WHICH IS ALSO SLIGHTLY LOOSE. THE FRONT BOARD ALSO HAS A CRACK DOWN THE LENGTH ON THE INSIDE - THIS ALSO APPLIES TO THE REAR BOARD. FOLD OUT MAP AT THE FRONT. AN INSCRIPTION ON THE INSIDE OF THE F.E.P.. A LITTLE FOXING.

London: Edward Stanford, 1878.. 8vo. vi+260 pp. Fold out map frontis. Decorated green cloth. Previous owner's inscription on title page. Some foxing to map and occasional light foxing throughout. Damp spot on rear board along foredge of top board. Some light wear to extremities, s. till a very good copy, bright and sound..

Kessinger Publishing, LLC. Paperback. New. 9x5x0.

London: Edward Stanford, 1878. First edition, 8vo, pp. [4], iii, [3], 360; half-title not preserved; engraved folding map (slightly miscreased) with route outlined in red; recent brown cloth with gilt lettering, call numbers and Newberry Library seal on the spine; Newberry bookplate marked withdrawn, perforated stamp in the bottom margin of the title page; a good, sound copy with no external markings. Using the railroads the author traveled cross-country and back from Quebec to California and Utah, and return via St. Louis and Washington. Chapter IX is devoted entirely to Mormonism. Adams, Herd 2414; Cowan, p. 662; Flake 8545.

London:: Edward Stanford,, 1878.. First edition.. publisher's green decorated cloth.. A nice copy with some light use to the extremities of the binding.. 8vo,. Folding map.